In this Q&A with the American Institutes for Research, Katherine Hughes, Ph.D., the director and principal researcher of the CTE Research Network, discusses her background, issues and trends in CTE, and how the network seeks to inform and advance the field.

In honor of Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month, Corinne Alfeld, Ph.D., a program officer with the National Center for Education Research at the Institute of Education Sciences, looks at what is going on in CTE training and research, including the work of the CTE Research Network.