Vo-Tech Education Is Taking Off, and It's Not Your Dad's Shop Class Anymore

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Vo-Tech Education Is Taking Off, and It's Not Your Dad's Shop Class Anymore

 

Jon Graft is on a mission to reignite the passion for learning by pushing a long-denigrated  classroom practice: vocational education.

 

The superintendent of the Butler Tech District of high schools in Ohio is a leader in the growing movement to revive public education, marred by low test scores and high absenteeism, through a hands-on approach to learning that prepares students for careers in today's tech-driven economy.  Traditionally a means of funneling disadvantaged kids into outdated shop classes and dead-end jobs, vocational education is being reimagined by Graft and others in sophisticated career and technical education (CTE) programs nationwide, offering high school students of all academic abilities training in healthcare, computer science, engineering, skilled trades, and even the arts.

Butler Tech and other state-of-the-art CTE programs strive to keep students engaged with career-relevant coursework, apprenticeships, and internships, giving them direction and excitement about their futures.  "We are changing the mindset of our communities," Graft said.  "They see that CTE is the way public education should be delivered to all high school students, not just a narrow demographic.  It leads to a much higher trajectory in life, whether they go off to university or directly into the workforce."  [...]

 

https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/08/22/vo-tech_education_is_taking_off_and_its_not_your_dads_shop_class_anymore_1052992.html