District Administration – Ray Bendici
“Despite a growing number of career and technical education programs in K-12, few are aligned to the highest-paying jobs, according to a recent study from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, an education think tank. “How Aligned is Career and Technical Education to Local Labor Markets?” compares CTE course-taking data from the High School Longitudinal Survey against employment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the first time such a study has been undertaken, says Peter Griffith, senior research and policy associate at the Fordham Institute and co-author of the report.” (more)