‘The lack of faculty is going to kill our rural schools’
A national shortage of vocational instructors has hit remote colleges that are often responsible for keeping their towns afloat.
With our shortage of skilled workers, career and technical education is ready to be taken seriously
In the face of a looming labor crisis, this New Hampshire voc-ed high school is preparing students for good middle-class jobs of the future.
These rare schools see benefits of combining AP classes with vocational training
Debating whether kids need hands-on training or academic rigor misses the point. These two schools embrace the idea that to thrive, students need both.
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As California budgets millions to rebrand long-disparaged vocational education, there are an estimated 30 million jobs in the U.S. that pay at least $55,000 per year and don’t require a bachelor’s degree.
Of all the U.S. high school students who graduate high school and go on to college, a large proportion will never earn their degree. How can educators better train those who may struggle in trying to pick a course of…
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