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The promise and limits of career and technical education

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Chalkbeat's journalism is made possible by our sponsors. Interested in becoming one? Reach out here. Career and technical education may be the last bipartisan issue in America. From President Donald Trump to various Democratic governors, like Maryland’s Wes Moore, there’s wide consensusthat U.S. high schools should do more to prepare students for the workforce. Often this is contrasted with promoting college, as more Americans and politicians question the value of a four-year degree.
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The promise and limits of career and technical education

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By Matt Barnum Verified
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Scott Bessent 2 hours ago Bessent pitches US-backed financial literacy competition to world's largest economies Associated Press - By FATIMA HUSSEIN • 2h ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Driven in part by his own experience with poverty as a child, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pitching a financial literacy campaign to leaders of the world’s largest economies and suggesting an investment account program begun under President Donald Trump as a model for … U.S. Politics 1 hour ago Haitian who just...
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Virtual school enrollment has doubled in recent years, following pandemic-era surge

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By Matt Barnum Verified
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Chalkbeat Ideas is a section featuring reported columns on the big ideas and debates shaping American schools. Sign up for the Ideas newsletter to follow our work. Data analysis by Kae Petrin. Remote learning during the pandemic was a nightmare for some students, but others have stuck with it, new data shows. Just over 600,000 public school students attended fully virtual schools in the 2024-25 school year, the most recent data available.
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