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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

They will also likely depress high school graduation rates, cause a spike in dropout rates, and negatively impact final educational attainment. jobs in the STEM sector are forecast to grow by 8 percent by 2028. There is no doubt that prolonged school closures will have a devastating domino effect on science education. In the U.S.,

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