The Washington Post – Moriah Balingit
“At a busy, sprawling campus in Arlington, students are learning how to be car mechanics, physical therapists, emergency medical technicians, chefs, cybersecurity specialists and engineers — all while they are still in high school. The Arlington Career Center hosts a variety of programs aimed at getting students ready for the workforce immediately after high school and giving them a head start for careers they might train for in college…“It’s project-based learning, and the academics are anchored in career-technical education,” said Margaret Chung, principal of the career center. The program is designed to give students a taste of various career and technical education programs during their first year in high school…Students also would take all their core academic courses at the school, including English and history, but Chung is urging teachers to collaborate and formulate lessons that reach across all disciplines.”(more)