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Washington, D.C.
As seen in: The Daily Mirror, The Independent (UK), MDPI, Irish Independent, Orlando Sentinel, Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis, Duluth News Tribune, New America, Charleston Gazette-Mail, The Sun Chronicle and
Direct Center on Education & Labor @NewAmerica; focus on connecting work & learning, & making both better. Former @usdol & @used @newamericalabor @newamericaed

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The Future of Career-Technical Education: Building on Success While Responding to New Challenges

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By Brent Orrell, Mary McCarthy
| Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis
Over the last two decades, career and technical education (CTE) has undergone significant reform and renewal, moving it from the margins to the center of education policy discussions. Long neglected in favor of college preparatory programs, America’s vocational education system was in deep crisis in the 1980s and 1990s, notable for low student performance, employment dead-ends, and a reputation for tracking low-income and racially minoritized students away from academic learning.
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Building on Success while Responding to New Challenges

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By Mary McCarthy, Brent Orrell
| New America
Over the last two decades, career and technical education (CTE) has undergone significant reform and renewal, moving it from the margins to the center of education policy discussions. Long neglected in favor of college preparatory programs, America’s vocational education system was in deep crisis in the 1980s and 1990s, notable for low student performance, employment dead-ends, and a reputation for tracking low-income and racially minoritized students away from academic learning.
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A Labor Day Look at Trump’s Harm to U.S. Workers

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By Mary McCarthy
| New America
As people gather around barbecues this Labor Day, few will be thinking about the Pullman Strike of 1894, which was the catalyst for President Grover Cleveland to establish a federal holiday honoring workers. Just a few weeks later that year, and at the request of railroad company owners, he sent troops to Chicago to violently put down that strike and throw the leaders of the American Railway Union in jail.
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