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Wyoming Is Ready to Work: Bus Tour Day Three
Rock Springs: Celebrating career academies A four-year college education isn’t for everyone. Both President Obama and Secretary Duncan often note the importance of community colleges, technical and career programs to the future of our country’s economic health. Earlier this year, … Continue reading
Posted in Back To School Tour, Back to School Tour 2012, Headlines, News, Teachers
Tagged career academy, Career and Technical Education, CTE
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April “School Days” Highlights Potential Increase in Student Loan Rate
In the just-released April 2012 edition of “School Days,” the monthly video journal of the U.S. Department of Education, President Obama calls for quick action by the Congress to avoid a dramatic increase in the interest rate for Federal college … Continue reading
Weighing In on CTE Blueprint
“This administration believes that career and technical education is central to rebuilding our economy and securing a brighter future for our nation,” said Brenda Dann-Messier, assistant secretary for vocational and adult education, at last week’s release of the Obama Administration’s … Continue reading
Day Two Iowa: Improving Rural Economies & Transforming CTE
“I hadn’t taken an algebra class in 40 years,” community college student Jennifer DeLange told Secretary Duncan yesterday morning at a White House Rural Council Roundtable in Waterloo, Iowa. DeLange spent years working in a plastics factory, but when the … Continue reading
Posted in Community Colleges, Headlines, News, Rural
Tagged Career and Technical Education, CTE, Trade Adjustment Assistance
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