Basic
questions about career and technical education are on the table as part
of the policy debate on how to reform K-12 education, particularly high
schools. This report from JFF and the Aspen Institute Education and
Society Program summarizes what we know (and don’t know) about the
value of high school career-focused education—and it proposes a reform
agenda for high school career and technical education. The report was
prepared by JFF’s Richard Kazis, with commentary by Gene Bottoms, Betsy
Brand, Katherine L. Hughes, Elliott A. Medrich, Katharine M. Oliver,
Governor Mark Warner, and Ross Wiener.
Remaking Career and Technical Education is one of a series of Double the Numbers publications from
JFF. The Double the Numbers Initiative is designed to deepen support
for state and federal policies that can dramatically increase the
number of low-income young people who enter and complete postsecondary
education.
