The main criteria for eligibility is that the individual seeks to enroll in a vocational/technical program that will directly ...

Vocational education in high schools fell out of favor decades ago. For career and technical education to succeed today, a key researcher says a lot has to change.

Vocational education programs like those offered at Passaic (known to students and staff as “Tech”) are particularly well-positioned to prepare young adults for the labor market of the future, ...

What Works. How Vocational Education Got a 21st Century Reboot. With schools across 10 states, the P-TECH program prepares its students for good jobs that corporations pay well for.

Key Points. As vocational education has evolved into career and technical education (CTE) over the past several decades, it has progressed away from the stigma and stereotype of “voc-ed” as an ...

Vocational education provides skills needed for long-term, meaningful work January 26, 2017 More than 8 years ago Peter Taylor is the president and chief executive of Zenith Education Group.

More vocational concentrators enrolled in postsecondary education immediately after high school during the 1990s than did in the 1980s (54.7 percent and 41.5 percent, respectively).

In the 1970s and 1980s, vocational education in South Korea was more than socially acceptable, it was the primary way to succeed in obtaining a steady job with a decent income.

In Iowa today, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan unveiled the Obama administration’s new vocational education plan. The president proposes to revise the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical ...

Even in pro-education, pro-work Minnesota, a cultural impediment stands in the way of efforts to enlarge the state's skilled workforce. It's the pervasive bias against vocational education. So ...