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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Transplant_1]Is "career and tech ed" to provide preparation for more non-college bound students, or students that are not focused on selective colleges[/quote]

Career tech is supposed to be for vocational students and also college bound. 
The focus is not necessarily on competitive colleges, just on [b]getting kids into college with some idea of what they want to do.[/b]
Unfortunately, DCPS does a poor job of vocational pathways. Also of preparing students for college. Less than 10% of DCPS graduates actually finish college within 6 years. [/quote]

How does choosing a focus earlier give college-bound students more information about what they want to do?  It just seems that it gets them stuck on a track that they may or may not be happy about years later.[/quote]

Students are exposed to potential careers such as Engineering, nursing and premed (biomedical), hospitality, finance, etc. while still in high school.
This is important for low income students as they may not have actually met any engineers, doctors, bankers, etc in real life. 
Also, college costs $$$ so going in with potential career knowledge is valuable. [b]Academies are not for everyone to[/b] but for a subset of kids, they can help launch them into a lucrative and stable career - at least that is the idea behind the academy model. Also, good way for kids to explore different career tracks 
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That is a good explanation of how academies can be helpful.  But you do note they are not for everyone.  That's why it's disturbing if, as a poster or two believes, J-R is moving towards having everyone do academies.[/quote]

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