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Career and Technical Education

Two High School Tracks With Diverging Goals

The Technician | Posted 05.07.2013 | College
Read More: University, Career and Technical Education, Pat McCrory, Vocational Education, College, College News
The Technician

I'd like to know what McCrory wanted to do when he was entering high school as a teenager. I agree with the General Assembly that the state needs to train workers for technical fields, but education -- in its foundation -- should not be viewed as a means to end of training laborers.

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The College Path Is Not the Only One

The Technician | Posted 04.27.2013 | College
Read More: University, Career and Technical Education, Pat McCrory, Vocational Education, College, College News
The Technician

By Trey Ferguson Not everyone needs a college degree. This is a tough pill for most of us to swallow, due to the educational path we have chosen, b...

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Two Year Colleges Are the Bridges

Rassoul Dastmozd, Ph.D. | Posted 02.11.2013 | College
Read More: Career and Technical Education, Education, Career Ready, 2-Year College, Community and Technical College, College Readiness, Minnesota College, Saint Paul College, Public Education, College and Career Readiness, College-Readiness, College News
Rassoul Dastmozd, Ph.D.

The least college ready students deserve the means to secure a bright and rewarding future for themselves just as much as the most college ready students do. We don't just build the bridges -- we ARE the bridge.

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Schumer Proposes Tech Diplomas To Produce Skilled Workers

Posted 01.15.2013 | Home
Read More: Chuck Schumer, Stem, Opportunity-Working, Charles Schumer, Engineering, Young Workers, Video, Career and Technical Education, Young Adults, High School Graduation, Cte, Tech Diploma, New York Schools, High School Diploma, Skills Gap, STEM Education, Skilled Workers, New York Board of Regents, Home News

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is urging the New York Board of Regents to approve two initiatives that he says will improve graduation rates and reduce y...

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Enterprising Pathways to the Middle Class

John Bridgeland | Posted 11.19.2012 | Home
Read More: High School, Career and Technical Education, College, Middle Class, Opportunity-Working, Home News
John Bridgeland

Despite the challenges, America has an opportunity to restore the path to the American Dream and strengthen our country's economic competiveness by creating new enterprising pathways for students.

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Educating the Next Generation to Compete in the Clean Energy Economy

Kate Gordon | Posted 10.27.2012 | Green
Read More: Clean Energy Economy, Career and Technical Education, Education, Green Jobs, STEM Education, Opportunity-Working, Green News
Kate Gordon

At this pace, we will fall well behind the competition -- and forfeit lucrative jobs in the process. What does this mean? Americans run the risk of consigning another generation to low-skill, low-wage jobs -- and higher rates of poverty.

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Parents Rise In Protest Against Career-Technical Education

| Sarah Butrymowicz | Posted 09.16.2012 | Home
Read More: San Diego Schools, Video, Career and Technical Education, Cte, High School Courses, California Schools, Career Technical Education, San Diego Unified School District, High School Technical Education, Home News

This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. SAN DIEGO -- Career and technical education has come a long way since the days when studen...

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Department of Education Recommits To Career And Technical Training

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 07.24.2012 | Home
Read More: Career and Technical Education, Vocational Training, Department of Education, Cte, Barack Obama, Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, Home News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

By: Sayre Quevedo The United States Department of Education recently issued recommended reforms for Career and Technical Education (CTE). The proposa...

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New Video Game-Themed High School Program May Be A Hard Sell

Posted 09.12.2012 | Home
Read More: Miami Education, Computer Programming, Miami-Dade Public Schools, Florida Schools, Stem, Graphic Design, Video Game-Themed School, Miami Dade, Career and Technical Education, Video, Magnet Schools, Cte, Technology Education, Science Technology Engineering Math Education, STEM Education, Video Games in School, Video Games, Miami Dade County Schools, Home News

Never mind video games getting in the way of homework or learning time. At one Florida school, video games are homework. A new magnet program at M...

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Diane Ravitch Calls Herself A Voice For Teachers, In A Cruel Reform Movement

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 03.26.2012 | Home
Read More: No Child Left Behind, Degree, Career and Technical Education, Education, College, Diane Ravitch, George H. W. Bush, Schools, Teachers, Teach for America, Vocational Education, Dropouts, Interns, Home News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

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...

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Expert Says "College Ready For All" Will Not Solve Dropout Crisis

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 03.21.2012 | Home
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Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

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...

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How the U.S. Can Become a Manufacturing Powerhouse Again

Joe Astroth | Posted 08.31.2011 | Home
Read More: Career and Technical Education, Education, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Education Reform, Barack Obama, Skillsusa, Home News
Joe Astroth

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.

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Vocation Matriculation: The Case For Trade Education In High School

Ilana Garon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Career and Technical Education, George Orwell, Education Reform, School Reform, Obama State of the Union, Trade School, Animal Farm, State of the Union, Obama Reform, Home News
Ilana Garon

Although education is certainly a factor in paving the road to economic recovery, college is not the right path for everyone.

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Building Schools that Work

Ed Schmidt | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Ed Schmidt

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...

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A Two-Track High-School System Is a Must for Education Reform

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Disadvantaged Children, Arne Duncan, Public Education, Career and Technical Education, Education Reform, Liberal Arts Education, Vocational Education, College News
Dr. Jim Taylor

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.

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Green Economy Jobs: Who Will Get Them?

David R. Jones, Esq. | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Community Service Society, Poverty, Ged, Jobs, CSS News, High School Diploma, Career and Technical Education, Vocational Education, David R. Jones, New York News
David R. Jones, Esq.

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.

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Joblessness and the Skills Gap

David R. Jones, Esq. | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Community Service Society, New York City Department of Education, Stuyvesant Town, Black and Latino, Ged, High School Dropout, Career and Technical Education, Joblessness, Unemployment Rate, Center for an Urban Future, New York City, Cte, New York News
David R. Jones, Esq.

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.

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CTE

David R. Jones, Esq. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Educational Investment for All Young People, Career and Technical Education, Talented Tenth, Dubois and Washington, Politics News
David R. Jones, Esq.

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.

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