Ditching Shop Class: Eliminating Vocational Education in America's Public Schools

Common Core. NCLB. Differentiation. A through G. Race To The Top. Vast budgets. Despite all this, we continue to push kids through school and out the other end with little to show for the time invested, our efforts, and the public's money. Meanwhile, the Achievement gap, the Poverty Gap widen, and skills decline as jobs go wanting. Kids arrive at the high school commencement stage without basic skills to obtain and hold employment.

Ditching Shop Class: Eliminating Vocational Education in Ame...