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Education 20/20: Rod Paige and Peter Wehner
The Fordham-Hoover “Education 20/20” speaker series continues with our penultimate event on May 1, as we bring you another awesome duo. Rod Paige will open by arguing that tomorrow’s school reform needs to focus not just on changing schools, but even more on boosting student effort. Then Pete Wehner will make a forceful, principled case for reviving old-fashioned character education in America’s schools.
How Aligned is Career and Technical Education to Local Labor Markets?
The recent reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act—the principal federal education program supporting career and technical education (CTE)—expressly aims to “align workforce skills with labor market needs.” Our latest report examines whether students in high school CTE programs are more likely to take courses in high-demand and/or high-wage industries, both nationally and locally.
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The Thomas B. Fordham Institute and its affiliated Foundation promote educational excellence for every child in America via quality research, analysis, and commentary. We also have offices in Ohio that advocate for better education for Buckeye State children, as well as authorize a portfolio of charter schools.