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Students from low-income backgrounds fare better when they are able to take career and technical classes in STEM, new research shows.
A new school proposed by music moguls Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine seeks to provide students with practical skills they can apply in entertainment and other fields. Is this a new model for education?
An innovative school model, known as P-TECH, that enables high school students to graduate with a two-year college degree and get jobs with partner corporations is showing encouraging results.
The COVID-19 outbreak presents many opportunities for students to develop needed solutions to real-life problems, says a researcher overseeing school project to produce personal protective equipment.
Will the White House plans to boost spending on career and technical education help today’s teens land better jobs?
Most states have changed their rules in recent years to let computer science count as a required high school math or science class. A physics professor explains how that trend could set students back.
Students who get admitted to Connecticut’s career and technical education high schools are more likely to graduate and earn significantly more than peers who barely missed the cut.
Unlike the days of old, career and technical education in today’s high schools doesn’t really prepare students for work. Researchers at Georgetown University explain why CTE must be revamped.
As technology and the labor market rapidly evolve, so too does the value of a high school diploma. Despite the changes, one thing remains true: Education is still the cornerstone of career success.
The Trump administration’s cuts to social programs like career and technical education would deal a blow to its efforts to boost economic growth.
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Professor of Education & Policy, Boston College
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Research Economist, Georgetown University
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Senior Research Analyst at the Center on Education and the Workforce, Georgetown University
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Assistant Professor of STEM Education, Seton Hall University
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Professor of Information Science & Learning Technologies, University of Missouri-Columbia
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Assistant Professor of Physics, The Ohio State University
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Assistant Professor in Workforce Development and Education at The Ohio State University, The Ohio State University
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Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
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Research professor and director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, Georgetown University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Sociology, University of Pennsylvania