A recent opinion article in Politico points to a revamped Career Technical Education (CTE) system as one possible solution to some of our nation’s toughest problems including the skills gap and high school dropout epidemic.
In the article, former White House Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes and Civic Enterprises President and CEO John Bridgeland discuss the benefits of high-quality CTE, which they call “enterprising pathways,†such as helping address the nation’s job crisis and making postsecondary education more accessible.
In the article, Barnes and Bridgeland encourage Congress to prioritize the reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. They call for reforms that strengthen the links between secondary education, postsecondary education and employers, and link student data with employment and earnings data to assess education and workforce training program efficacy.
Read the full piece here.
Across the country, CTE State Directors are working to ensure that all CTE programs provide rigorous education and training that will lead students to future career success. The themes echoed throughout this article are well-aligned to those presented in the CTE State Directors’ vision for CTE developed in 2010. View the NASDCTEc vision document here.
Kara Herbertson, Research and Policy Manager
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