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Current CTE Issues: Career And Technical Education

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Current CTE Issues: A Literature Review
Despite the fact that career and technical education (CTE) has expanded and overcome many barriers in the past several decades, there are still many critical issues facing CTE today. Through research of various journal articles and periodicals, I was able to view an abundance of data and studies pinpointing many of the critical issues that exist in CTE today. This research, along with legislation, educational policies, and my personal experience helped me identify the chosen issues for this report. Although the literature read for this analysis encompasses a wide variety of the many issues, this review will focus on three of the most critical. These three are: the widening skills gap, the shortage of qualified career and technical education teachers, and the continued integration of academic standards into career and technical education. …show more content…

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