Which pathway is right for you?
As the debate around public education continues, Harvard University has released their Pathways To Prosperity Project, an insightful report that focuses attention on the benefits of vocational education. If Career and Technical Education needs anything, validation from one of the top universities in the world comes pretty close.
The empirical evidence in the project has been culled from several European countries with strong public education systems that place far more emphasis on vocational education than we do.
While the U.S. has over 15 million students currently in CTE secondary programs, a stigma still exists, yet enrollment has gone up-perhaps due a realization that college isn’t for everyone, and for those who are poor, can bear a heavy financial burden, even with the support of federal aide.
As we continue to tout the benefits of Career and Technical Education, we must create specific pathways that start with strong career counseling at both the middle and high school levels and provide students with viable pathways that lead to industry-reconognized certifications, internships, technology skills and dual college credits.
Here’s the link to the report:
http://www.agi.harvard.edu/
