Adult Learners & Career Prep
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The only federal program intended to help disconnected young adults find meaningful job training has turned into a $1.7 billion boondoggle
You wouldn’t know it from most media outlets’ coverage of college, but students over the age of 24 account for more than a quarter of the nation’s undergraduates
It began with a feel-good story: A struggling high school in Washington, D.C., had turned itself around and was sending all its seniors to college
Amid worries of a “skills gap” for U.S. youths and young adults, some experts call for rethinking and ramping up career and technical education
While high schools across the nation have increasingly turned their attention toward making their graduates “college and career ready,” many community colleges are pondering the best way to educate those adults who enroll underprepared
Career and technical education are no longer a byword for tracking, and districts are exploring ways to make science and technology learning hands-on
