A publication whose first issue went to all Maine high schools this spring has returned, and will be published with greater frequency and offer a growing stockpile of advice-filled interviews online.

The latest edition of “Navigating the Real World” arrived at Maine’s high schools last week. Another edition will go out in early November, said Tom Tracy, the publication’s founder and executive director.

The paper version contains excerpts from interviews with recent college graduates, entrepreneurs in their 20s, people who started college and discovered it wasn’t for them, and people who started at one college and transferred to another.

The 16-page tabloid – which is now being published quarterly instead of semi-annually, as originally planned – also refers readers to the video of 1,100 interviews stored online at NavigatingtheRealWorld.org.

Tracy, who started “Navigating the Real World” in 2008 after leaving his job as an alternative-education teacher at Bonny Eagle High School in Standish, said he has encouraged schools to use the publication as discussion material for advisory groups.

“We’re just trying to open up high school kids’ eyes,” Tracy said.

Greg Henderson, guidance director at Hall-Dale High School in Farmingdale, said the booklet could provide a foundation for discussions in the school’s adviser-advisee program.

“I don’t see it as revolutionizing how we work with students, but it is great to have,” he said.

The publication’s pages are interspersed with statistical tidbits. The October edition tells readers that 47 percent of new Maine community college students last year had to enroll in remedial courses to sharpen reading, writing or math skills.

The publication also points out that one in five job openings in Maine advertised during the first half of 2010 was for a health care-related position.

Future editions, Tracy said, will feature data related to the results of particular educational paths — for example, how many graduates from community college programs had jobs within six months of earning their degrees?

“We’re going to try to push it so people are focused on results,” Tracy said. “We really want people to be thinking about, what are the outcomes?”

Ideally, such information will encourage students to be more critical consumers of education and think harder about the paths they take after high school.

“It’s necessary,” Tracy said, “and it’s not being addressed.”

Tracy has received help from a cadre of student interns and other volunteers who have conducted the interviews that are in print and online. He’s encouraging interested students to fulfill their school community-service requirements by doing interviews.

“I can’t think of anything better than having them talk to someone a few years ahead of you,” Tracy said.