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More N.J. kids are choosing vo-tech schools. Some are turning students away. (NJ.com)

More N.J. kids are choosing vo-tech schools. Some are turning students away. (NJ.com)

When Rachael Coffey began thinking about how she’d spend the four years after 8th grade, she had to make decision: Should she go to the high school to her hometown of Little Ferry? Or should she try to get into a vocational-technical school? Ultimately, the choice...
CTE Success Story: Danielle Avery Grant transitions from her high school Business Academy into the workforce, where she applies the technical and soft skills she honed

CTE Success Story: Danielle Avery Grant transitions from her high school Business Academy into the workforce, where she applies the technical and soft skills she honed

Danielle Avery Grant lives by the words, “Now is the time.” On a recent visit to Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology, part of the Essex County Schools of Technology, she spoke to Business Academy students about careers, academic expectations, and the importance...
CTE Success Story: Manuel Abreu builds a strong foundation for his remodeling company from his vocational-technical education

CTE Success Story: Manuel Abreu builds a strong foundation for his remodeling company from his vocational-technical education

Manuel Abreu has been working in construction since graduating from Camden County Technical Schools’ (CCTS) carpentry program in 2010, and he credits his thriving career to that education. “Choosing a vocational school was the foundation to my success,” said Abreu....