The Office of Vocational and Adult Education administers a number of programs and initiatives focused on high schools. Find out more by exploring the links below.

OVAE Initiatives in Support of High School Reform – A presentation detailing the programs OVAE administers to improve high schools using career and technical education programs of study. MS POWERPOINT (58K).

Grants and Programs for High School Education

• America's Career Resource Network
• College and Career Transitions Initiative
• Community Technology Centers
• High School Reform State Grants
• Perkins State Basic Grants and Tech Prep Grants
• School Dropout Prevention
• Smaller Learning Communities Program
• State Scholars Initiative
• Tech-Prep Demonstration Program

Grants and Programs for Career and Technical Education

• Perkins State Basic Grants and Tech Prep Grants
• America's Career Resource Network
• Appalachian Regional Education Program
• High School Reform State Grants
• National Dissemination Center for Career and Technical Education
• National Research Center for Career and Technical Education
• Native American Vocational Education Program
• Native Hawaiian Vocational Education Program
• Pacific Vocational Education Improvement Program
• Smaller Learning Communities
• Tech-Prep Demonstration Program
• Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Vocational and Technical Institutions Program

CONTACT US

Please email HighSchools@ed.gov with your questions or comments regarding the Department's High School Initiative.