Struggling Students Want Vocational Education, Poll Shows

Struggling Students Want Vocational Education, Poll Shows
By Mitchell Landsberg, Times Staff Writer
April 6, 2006


Most American high schools phased out vocational education years ago, motivated by complaints that it was used as a tool to "track" African American and Latino students into low-paying careers.

But the idea of combining traditional academics with career training is making a comeback, and a poll released Wednesday suggests that it is popular among one particularly important group: struggling high school students.