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Giani, Matt S. – Educational Policy, 2019
Vocational education has historically been viewed as a mechanism for reinforcing social stratification by channeling underrepresented students into pathways with limited educational and economic benefits. However, vocational education has evolved significantly over time, most notably with the shift to career and technical education (CTE) in the…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Social Stratification, Educational Change, Technical Education
Malkus, Nat – American Enterprise Institute, 2019
Career and technical education (CTE) is one of the most popular education policy issues today, both across the states and at the federal level. CTE's surging popularity has been bolstered by good public relations and research that push back on the stigma long associated with CTE. After a successful rebranding, CTE has substantially shed the…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Development, Educational History, Educational Trends
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Stone, James R., III. – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2004
This paper presents an argument supported by evidence that the positive effects of education reform legislation take time to accumulate, and, given time, have the power to bring about improvement. Specifically, the course-taking patterns in mathematics of CTE students in the years following the 1990 Perkins II Act and 1994 School-to- Work…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Course Selection (Students), Mathematics Instruction, Educational Legislation