Department of Education Recommits To Career And Technical Training
By: Sayre Quevedo The United States Department of Education recently issued recommended reforms for Career and Technical Education (CTE). The proposa...
By: Sayre Quevedo The United States Department of Education recently issued recommended reforms for Career and Technical Education (CTE). The proposa...
Posted 04.30.2012
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Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 03.26.2012
By: Robyn Gee Professor Diane Ravitch is a big voice in education policy and a huge critic of No Child Left Behind. Yet, as former Assistant Secreta...
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 03.21.2012
By: Robyn Gee Could being on the high school football team prepare you just as well for the workplace as taking an advanced placement class? By forci...
Joe Astroth | Posted 08.31.2011
Over two decades ago when the U.S. shifted its investment from a manufacturing economy to one focused on the financial and technology industries, education followed suit.
Ilana Garon | Posted 05.25.2011
Although education is certainly a factor in paving the road to economic recovery, college is not the right path for everyone.
Ed Schmidt | Posted 05.25.2011
In 1902 Booker T. Washington was at the dedication of a school in the District of Columbia. The school, the Armstrong Manual Training Academy, had be...
Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011
We need to get with the times (of economic upheaval, uncertainty, and disparity) and admit that a liberal arts education is a luxury that most students can ill afford. Why? Because it isn't useful.
David R. Jones, Esq. | Posted 05.25.2011
The Tea Party right wing managed to derail Van Jones' position as White House environmental adviser, but has done nothing to dampen hope for the Green Economy.
David R. Jones, Esq. | Posted 05.25.2011
This recession hasn't been borne equally along class lines in New York City. It hasn't created the sense of urgency that propelled the New Deal, the WPA, and LaGuardia's Health and Hospital Corporation.
David R. Jones, Esq. | Posted 05.25.2011
Educational outcomes from career and technical programs are changing. The time may have come when we have to be serious about this "track" to a middle class life.
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.24.2012