Kids are Thinking Ahead but… Breaking News! New research finds that well over 7,000 high school students are being shut out of high school career and technical training programs in PA. These students are wisely signing up to learn real-world technical skills...
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FACT SHEET: Meeting the Urgent Demand for Career and Technical Education Instructors
Forty States’ Certification Systems are Better Suited to Retain High School CTE Teachers than Pennsylvania. In 80% of all states, where 2.3 million educators are teaching in public schools, Career and Technical Education (CTE) teachers can attain tenure via a...
PA Faces a Shortage of Nearly 700 CTE Teachers
PRESS RELEASE PA FACES A SHORTAGE OF NEARLY 700 CAREER-TECH TEACHERS New Children First Report Offers Solutions So More Children Can Benefit from Skills Training Pennsylvania has a smaller share of students in valuable career and technical education (CTE) than other...
REPORT: Technical Education Teacher Shortage: Solutions for Pennsylvania
High school Career and Technical Education programs are a critical pathway for states to prepare for and meet current and future workforce needs. Pennsylvania’s career and technical educator licensure requirements for the Instructor II certificate are out of step with...
REPORT: Career and Technical Education: A Pathway to Success for PA Students and Economy
Career-related learning that better connects graduates to future employment and higher education is growing in respect and demand in Pennsylvania. Economists predict the majority of future job growth in the Commonwealth will be in fields that do not require an...
REPORT: Investing in Career Related Learning for High School Students
Investing in public education excellence is the path to thriving communities, a stable economy, and successful students. Yet Pennsylvania’s underfunded and decentralized K-12 career and technical education (CTE) and dual enrollment (in college as well as high school),...
REPORT: Ensuring Investments in Career and Technical Education – Feb 2019
Skilled Workers Needed: Ensuring Investments in Career and Technical Education. Unfortunately, a lack of sustained investments in career and technical education funding, and more broadly, basic education funding, has caused limited access for students who wish to...