Career and Technical Education (CTE)

Not every good career starts with a four-year degree. Career and technical education (CTE) prepares students for skilled work in fields from construction and manufacturing to health care and information technology, through high school pathways, work-based learning and apprenticeships, often with paid experience and industry credentials before graduation.

edCircuit's coverage is written for the CTE teachers, counselors and school leaders who build those pathways, and for the families weighing them. It traces how CTE has evolved, who gets access to it, how programs connect students to real careers and employers, how AI is changing career education, and what it takes to keep students safe in CTE shops and labs, an area edCircuit covers in depth. For learning after high school, see Continuing Education.

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