career and technical education Tag Archive

Centering Students in CTE Program Criteria

Secondary career and technical education program approval is a key component of administering CTE programs. Program approval ensures that...

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4 Models States Use to Fund Secondary CTE

Secondary career and technical education programs support a wide range of initiatives to ensure students succeed in postsecondary education...

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Education for the 21st Century: Entrepreneurship Meets CTE

Much has been written about the disconnect between the skills businesses need from workers and the capabilities workers actually possess....

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The State of CTE: Work-Based Learning in Perkins V State Plans

Work-based learning offers students opportunities to deepen classroom learning, explore future career fields and demonstrate skills in an...

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What’s Required to Become a CTE Teacher?

Career and technical education teachers play an essential role in assisting secondary students in exploring possible career interests and...

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State Approaches to Secondary CTE Funding

It is estimated that CTE costs may be between 20 and 40 percent higher than those for general academic instruction. In order to meet the...

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States Putting Early Career Exploration to Work for Students

Research has found that adolescence is a time when students begin to think more abstractly, learn through teamwork and have a desire to...

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The Arts and CTE: Building Tomorrow’s Creative Workforce Today

Visit any state education committee meeting or congressional town hall these days and you may hear a discussion about how policymakers are...

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CTE Action in the 2018 Legislative Session

As the sun sets on many state legislative sessions, it’s a good time to examine trends in policymakers’ work on a host of education...

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Five Steps to Expand Access to High-Quality CTE in Rural Schools

This guest post comes from Austin Estes, senior policy associate at Advance CTE. Since the Smith-Hughes National Vocational Education Act...

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