On May 6, several members of the CareerTech System took advantage of the opportunity to listen to Dr Ken Gray, Professor of Education, Emeritus from Penn State, author of "Other Ways to Win: Creating Alternatives for High School Graduates. "
Gray spoke about how we can make the case for secondary and post-secondary CTE. He characterized his argument around three themes, the Economic Development Argument, The Equity/Opportunity Argument and Brain Drain.
Dr Gray touched on what he refers to as the "Quiet Dilemma" or that there are too few technically trained workers and to many "unskilled" dropouts and graduates. He went on to talk about his belief that technicians are the key to economic development and that the job opportunities for technicians in all careers will increase.
In closing his presentation, Dr Gray's final point was that "CTE is to some teens what AP and Honors are to others." Your Thoughts?
Looking for schools for young people. OKTechPrep is definitely one I'll tell them about!
ReplyDeleteWell written brief above makes me want to hear all. As CPA, annually seeing income data and job satisfaction of hundreds of people, as well as hearing needs of businesses, I feel the 3 themes listed above make sense. As person person respectful of all other persons and their contributions and different interests and unique talents, I feel the final point quote makes sense.
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