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In addition, the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE), the nation’s largest not-for-profit education association dedicated to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for successful careers, representing approximately 30,000 educators, administrators and others involved in CTE, supports career pathways and Career Clusters.
Compared to vocational education which is only taught in post secondary scenarios and is very specific to one career track, CTE can be broad in range from medical, business, sales, finance, IT, STEM, manufacturing, logistics, political science, government, law, agriculture, construction, trades, craftsman, culinary, creative arts, music, to ...
One of ACTE’s most critical roles is representing the career and technical education field through advocacy activities, including direct lobbying, media relations and public awareness. This work promotes the value of CTE and the policies that are needed to support CTE practitioners, advance the field and improve student learning.
The Career Cluster initiative began in 1996 in the U.S. as the Building Linkages Initiative and was a collaborative effort between the U.S. Department of Education, the Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), the National School-to-Work Office (NSTWO) and the National Skill Standards Board (NSSB).
This CTE (Career Technical Education) Historical Timeline illustrates the steps in the evolution: Vocational education was initiated with the passing of the Smith-Hughes Act in 1917, set up to reduce the reliance on foreign vocational schools, improve domestic wage earning capacity, reduce unemployment, and protect national security.
The new law, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century (Perkins V) Act, was passed almost unanimously by Congress. The Perkins IV re-authorization included three major areas of revision: Using the term "career and technical education" instead of "vocational education"
IT-Cluster Rhein-Main-Neckar, Frankfurt Rhine-Main and Rhine-Neckar; Berlin: known as Silicon Allee, one of Europe's most dynamic technology, IT and startup centers; Dresden (Silicon Saxony) Kaiserslautern (Silicon Woods) Dortmund (Ruhr Valley) Karlsruhe; Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: BioCon Valley for its life science and biotechnology ...
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