These career and technical high schools are helping to revive vocational education — but critics say some cherry-pick the best and the brightest.
And there aren’t enough trained people to fill them: New Jersey, like other states, is facing a loomingin fields including manufacturing, logistics and distribution, transportation and health care. If that employment picture doesn’t change soon, some experts say, it could hamper economic growth.
If New Jersey can address the issue, education experts say, its approach to career education could be one that other places will want to emulate. In the past few years, Tech has hosted educators and school administrators — eager to observe the school’s approach to career and technical education — from Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia and Maryland.
Mitchell Hidalgo, 17, a native of Paterson whose parents both work in factories, came to Tech seeking training for a well-paying, in-demand career. Today, when she pictures her future, she envisions an electrician’s license and her own business. She works half days for a local electrical contractor through theIn a few months, she’ll graduate from Tech and work four years as an apprentice before earning her license.
For the academy, proximity to a major teaching hospital is key. “In any vocational program, you can never keep abreast of new developments in, say, medical science. No high school can,” said Timothy McCorkell, superintendent of schools for Monmouth County Vocational School District.
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