Letter to Bee regarding Schrag’s column (4/23/07)

Bee Columnist Peter Schrag: CTE vs. a-to-g: Ed policy pendulum swings again (4/18/07)

Vo-Tech students in demand (3/18/07)

Summit: Vocational classes are essential for the future , Daily Breeze, 3/14/07

Vocational Ed Conflict Heating Up, Dan Walters, Sac. Bee, 3/05/07

Career Counseling for Plan A and Plan B, by Kenneth Gray (Nat’l Career Development Assn. 3/01/07)

Vocation Education: “It’s not your grandfather’s trade school” AP 4/23/06

Non-college bound students regret lack of career education in high school, San Bernadino Sun, 4/14/06

Santa Ana schools, Chamber start Vo-Tech programs at poor performing high school, Orange County Register, 4/13/06

Governor’s advocacy of CTE judged timely and successful, Dan Walter’s column of 4/10/06

Arnold Sells Road to Success, Time 4/9/06

Poll Shows Struggling Students Want Voc Ed 4/6/06

Vo-Tech path to College, Washington Post 3/12/06

Stories of FFA enhancing lives in San Marcos--30 years later

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Sacramento Bee political columnist Dan Walters has written about the loss of vocational education with today’s emphasis almost solely on college preparation. His comments first appeared in the Sacramento Bee on May 10, 2004.
“Kids with tool belts also deserve educators' respect”

Another Dan Walters column about responses to his May 10 column above:
Vocational ed crisis stirs comment, gains academic support  

Walters’ January 16, 2005, “Finally, someone wants to end decline in vocation al education” 

And from Fort Worth, “… some lament the loss of hands-on training and career options” (or in pdf)

Howard Dickson, in response to Dan Walters’ first article sent to him via CALCP Alert, sent his timely and focused research, appearing here with permission:
“The Failure of California's Secondary School System to Maximize the Probability of Success for the Majority of Students for the Real World of Work” (or in pdf)
 

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