Vocational Programs Earn Mixed Reviews, Face Academic Push
When it comes to work readiness, no topic is more debated than the place of career and technical education in high schools.
President Bush has proposed eliminating the entire $1.3 billion federal vocational program in his fiscal 2007 budget, the second year in a row he has targeted the program. The White House Office of Management and Budget rated the vocational education state grants, which account for most of that money, “ineffective” for having produced little or no evidence of improved student outcomes.
Yet in California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to add another $50 million for career and technical education to his state’s $36.6 billion K-12 education budget, on top of $20 million...
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