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Don A in Pennsultucky's avatar

Our county has a CTE center that most of the school districts utilize. (The largest district with the largest budget does not.) When my son took up the computer tech (hands on circuit boards) course, the teacher of the special English course for those students decided he didn't belong in that course and arranged for an independent study under the tutelage of the most senior teacher in the department. After getting a degree in physics from the nearby Enormous State University, he passed through a number of "any income is better than nothing" positions before the convenience store manager recommended him for a position with the parent company of the chain and he is now the person who provides most of the technical support for customers of an ISP.

Vo-Tech works.

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Pat's avatar

Amen, amen, amen!! I worked for the State in assessment and standards for 20 years. I saw the beginning of testing and CTE and the corporatization of education. Education is the opening of a mind; it's not training, which prepares you for work. Students need BOTH!

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