Just when 'vocational' programs have finally come out of the dark ages and gained a little bit of respect in the new guise of CATE (Career and Technology Education) Centers, the following article (I learned about from "Edutopia") comes out and makes you wonder if the support will remain. Not because they don't work...sadly.
A proposal to ratchet up Michigan's high school graduation requirements with high-level academics has drawn deep concern across the state from teachers of career and technical education classes.
"It's going to be devastating,'' said John Kingsley, auto mechanics teacher for the Ypsilanti school district's Regional Career Technical Center, which serves students in the Lincoln, Whitmore Lake, Willow Run and Ypsilanti school districts.
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