EDUCATION GUIDE Woodland Elementary School fifthgrader Madeleine Rosenbert operates a submersible robot during the school’s STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) Night.
Critical Minds • Compassionate Hearts • Committed Leaders
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that are needed. Last April, Deal signed a bill that gives full HOPE tuition to high-performing students in technical colleges, and he continues to push for training in film production and manu“[Technical and career-ready programs] are extremely important; otherwise, we wouldn’t be prepared for high industrial and corporate careers.”
Jordan Meagher North Springs Charter High School
facturing – jobs that don’t necessarily require a four-year degree. Brian Patterson, North Springs Charter High School’s work-based learning coordinator, says he thinks too much focus is placed on pushing students toward “Technical programs in high school are important because they allow students to discover new ways of working that they haven’t been exposed to previously that they may want to consider as a profession.”
Molly Wright The Westminster Schools
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