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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]not interested in stem for my kids.  They can get some vo-tech stem degree in college if they really want to.  Humanities, especially writing, literature, history, music is what they need to be engaged, successful people in the world.[/quote]

Um, STEM doesn't mean vo-tech.  That's a whole different thing.  But, vo-tech also an area that is greatly needed.[/quote]

Why do we always give short schrift to vo-tech education?[/quote]

The poster that you were responding to was not disparaging vo-tech careers and in fact specifically stated that they are "greatly needed".

The fact of the matter is that we (as a system) have manage to do both poorly.  If we ever hope to narrow the yawning income gap in this city, we need to do both STEM and Vo-Tech much better than we currently are.

Lockheed is providing a $2M Project Lead the Way grant to DCPS to improve STEM curriculum and programming (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dcps-to-expand-stem-courses-thanks-to-a-2-million-lockheed-martin-grant/2014/11/07/90c16cea-66be-11e4-836c-83bc4f26eb67_story.html)[/quote]

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