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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. Related: PROOF POINTS: Shop class sometimes boosts college going, Massachusetts study finds. Meanwhile, the overall dropout rate at regional voc-techs is 0.5 But students aren’t the only ones who lose out from a one-size-fits-all high school approach.

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OPINION: Why school shutdowns are a disaster for science classes

The Hechinger Report

While pre-Ks, elementary schools and some schools for children with complex disabilities reopened in December, there is still no plan to reopen middle and high schools. They will also likely depress high school graduation rates, cause a spike in dropout rates, and negatively impact final educational attainment. In the U.S.,

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