Voc. Ed. Pinched by State Budgets, Federal Policies
Vocational education programs are feeling the pressure from all sides.
Administrators and teachers in career and technical programs say that the trickle-down effect of tighter state budgets, coupled with district-level cuts, are leading school officials to trim elective courses that fall outside the scope of core academic requirements.
Some school districts, as a result, are being forced to pare down vocational education programs—or modify their schedules, to save them...
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