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OPINION: Often overlooked vocational-tech schools provide great solutions to student debt, labor shortages

The Hechinger Report

A startling 3 million skilled trades jobs will sit unfilled by 2028. Meanwhile, the overall dropout rate at regional voc-techs is 0.5 percent statewide dropout rate, according to 2020-21 Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education data, and special needs students fare particularly well at voc-tech schools.

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OPINION: Why school shutdowns are a disaster for science classes

The Hechinger Report

Such students have fewer informal science opportunities and limited broadband Wi-Fi access at home and attend schools in districts that receive, by one estimate, $1,200 less in funding per student. They will also likely depress high school graduation rates, cause a spike in dropout rates, and negatively impact final educational attainment.

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