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Now that all good jobs require a university degree, and virtually all teens pursue a degree, a student's time is better spent in high school academic courses, not CTE? . CTE is to some teens what advance placement/honors courses are to others. Namely, a relevant and effective alternative to the tr
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1. National Dissemination Center Professional Development Speaker Series Is High School Career and Technical Education Obsolete?
Kenneth Gray, Penn State
2. Now that all good jobs require a university degree, and virtually all teens pursue a degree, a student's time is better spent in high school academic courses, not CTE?
3. CTE is to some teens what advance placement/honors courses are to others. Namely, a relevant and effective alternative to the traditional academic program.
4. Definition of Career and Technical Education CTE A high school program that offers a minimum of three one-credit courses in a single “specific labor market preparation” area.
5. Background to the Question
Preference for baccalaureate education and the one way to win mentality.
Academic standards and high stakes tests
6. Background to the Question The national high school dropout rate is 25%.
One third of high school graduates go to work.
The six-year baccalaureate graduation rate is 50%.
The underemployment rate among four-year college graduates is 43%.
7. Background to the Question Labor Market Realities
71% of all jobs do not require any postsecondary education
Of the 30 fastest growing jobs half do not require a four-year degree
Of the jobs with the largest growth, 70% do not require a four-year degree.
8. Background to the Question The other way to win
The majority of workers with associate degrees have the same annual earnings as university grads.
The greatest opportunity is in technical occupations that require high school or pre-baccalaureate technical education.
9. CTE Students Exposing the Stereotype 24% high school students complete a CTE sequence of three of more courses in a single labor market area.
Of this group, 83% also complete an academic concentration (CTE/ACA). The 17% that do not are primarily special education students.
10. CTE Students Exposing the Stereotype There are no meaningful gender or racial differences between CTE concentrators and academic students.
While CTE/ACA students enter high school with lower 8th grade academic achievement scores than academic students, there is no difference in achievement levels between the two groups when they graduate.
11. CTE Students Exposing the Stereotype 60% of CTE students pursue postsecondary education. Of this group, 60% enroll in postsecondary pre-baccalaureate one and two-year technical programs.
12. The Rational for CTE
Equity
&
Economic Development
13. The Rational for CTE Equity = -A Relevant Education -An Effective Education For all high school students.
14. Insuring A “Relevant” High School Education For All Teens 1/3 do not go on to college. It is unlikely this number will change in the future.
40% of all CTE academic credits are earned by at risk students.
CTE is the most effective dropout prevention curriculum in the American high school.
15. Insuring A “Relevant” High School Education For All Teens High school tech prep is the only program that is specially designed to prepare students who wish to pursue postsecondary pre-baccalaureate education.
16. Insuring an “Effective” High School Education for All Teens
CTE concentrators, when compared to non-college bound general education students, are
More likely to graduate from high school
Earn higher wages
Experience less unemployment
17. Insuring an “Effective” High School Education for All Teens
The academic achievement of CTE students is virtually the same as academic students upon graduation.
60% of CTE students pursue postsecondary education. Of this group, 60% enroll in postsecondary pre-baccalaureate one and two-year technical programs.
