Career and Technical Education_ Historical Insights, Current Impacts, and Policy Implications

About this episode

This episode features a discussion with leaders in Career and Technical Education about its history, current impacts, and policy implications.

In this episode of Abstract we invited leaders of Career and Technical Education (CTE) from MERC school divisions to have a conversation with authors of a MERC research and policy review focused on the history, purpose, and policy implications of CTE. Guests include Mac Beaton (Director of Career and Technical Education for Henrico County Public Schools), Courtney Ward (Director of Secondary Success Pathways for Richmond Public Schools), Katy Stokes (Coordinator of Work-Based Learning for Chesterfield County Public Schools), LaTonja Wright (Transition Specialist for VCU’s Training and Technical Assistance Center through the Virginia Department of Education), Phelton Moss (Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at VCU), and David Naff (Director of MERC and Associate Professor of Research, Assessment, and Evaluation at VCU). MERC REPORT Career and Technical Education: Historical Insights, Current Impacts, and Policy Implications https://merc.soe.vcu.edu/reports/reports/career-and-technical-education-historical-insights-current-impacts-and-policy-implications.html

People in this episode

Guests: Mac Beaton, Courtney Ward, Katy Stokes, LaTonja Wright, Phelton Moss, David Naff

Topics covered

• Career and Technical Education
• Policy Implications
• Educational Leadership
• Work-Based Learning
• Historical Insights

Keywords

• Career and Technical Education
• CTE
• policy review
• educational leadership
• work-based learning
• historical insights
• Virginia education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Henrico County Public Schools, Richmond Public Schools, Chesterfield County Public Schools, VCU’s Training and Technical Assistance Center, VCU, MERC

Books & works: MERC REPORT Career and Technical Education: Historical Insights, Current Impacts, and Policy Implications

Places: Virginia