If you’re looking for engaged students, you’re going to find them when they’re turning the fundamental skills they’ve acquired into action.
Writing about the powerful combination of high school education and career and technical education, The Hechinger Report quoted Nancy Hoffman, a senior advisor at JFF:
But experts like Nancy Hoffman, a senior advisor to the nonprofit Jobs for the Future, say the hands-on learning inherent in career programs can often motivate young people in a way textbooks and tests can’t. Students need to know both the “why” of what they’re doing as well as the “how,” she added.
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These are the kinds of real-world experiences that stick with students, says Jobs for the Future’s Hoffman: “If you’re looking for engaged students, you’re going to find them when they’re turning the fundamental skills they’ve acquired into action. With high-quality career and technical education, there’s a strong chance that this can happen.”