Career and Technical Education: Perspectives on Program Strategies and Challenges
This report from the U.S. Government Accounting Office (GAO) examines three career and technical education (CTE) issues: (1) strategies that selected recipients of federal CTE funds have used to support their CTE programs and assist different stakeholder populations; (2) challenges that CTE stakeholders face and how they are addressing them; and (3) how the U.S. Department of Education supports CTE programs. For the report, GAO interviewed officials in four selected states and eight CTE program providers that supported different student populations through strategies such as leveraging state, local, and other federal funding; conducting needs assessments; and engaging with industry. GAO also interviewed representatives from eight secondary and postsecondary CTE program providers, including two recipients of Perkins Innovation and Modernization Program (Perkins I&M) grants and CTE program providers that were known to have positive student outcomes or to have served diverse student populations.