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Trump's big bet on career and technical education

  • Written by Shaun M. Dougherty, Associate Professor of Public Policy & Education, Vanderbilt University
Students work in the plumbing shop at Worcester Technical High School.Boston Globe/Getty Images

President Donald Trump has proposed one of the largest increases in funding for career and technical education in recent history.

As a education policy researcher who studies the economic and employment impact of career and technical education in high...

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