Case Study: The Florida Department Of Education

Unlike the other forty-two states, the state of Virginia has not opted into the Common Career and Technical Core; however, Virginia does have its on set of standards for CTE programs. The programs implemented are designed to prepare students for “productive futures while meeting the commonwealth’s need for well-trained and industry certified technical workers” (VDOE CTE). Much like other states’ CTE programs, Virginia actively partners with businesses to design and provide high quality, dynamic programs capable of meeting current, emerging and projected labor market needs (VDEO CTE). Currently, CTE programs serve more than 550,00 students in grades 6-12 who can take advantage of 16 different career clusters, of which include Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources, Architecture & Construction, Business & Management, Education & Training, Finance, Health Science, Information Technology, Marketing, and much more. (VDOE CTE). These different clusters help students to design a rigorous and relevant plan of study to advance their career goals. As a whole, clusters seek to:

The main concern with the support provided by the United States Department of Education is represented by the limitation of the funds. In such a setting, the school districts across the country are presented with the need to compete against each other in order to receive this support. The competition is unfolded at the level of the grant requests written and sent in by the various districts, which are then assessed by the assigned committee.

The Okaloosa County School District was the birthplace of today's modern Career and Technical Education programs across Florida through the creation of CHOICE (Community High: Okaloosa Institutes for Career Education). Based on the District’s demonstrated success in preparing students for work as evidenced by earned industry certifications, we believe there is no better place to invest than in Okaloosa County schools, a continued state leader of Career and Technical Education. The District intends to submit a grant application in the amount of $45,000,000 for our VEINS (Vocational Education In Need of Support) Project. Career and Technical Education (CTE) is like a vein, whose sole purpose is to supply oxygen-depleted

The United States Department of Education was established in 1977 after Jimmy Carter decided to split up the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by signing the Department of Education Organization Act into law in hopes of winning “increased federal funding for schools and teacher training.” The newly cabinet-level department began operation on May 16th, 1980. However, its name has differed over the past 130 years and its basis really began in 1867 by a legislation President Andrew Jackson signed into law. The original purpose was to help create effective schools across the nation by collecting information on teaching tactics and school systems. That purpose still holds true today and has expanded since then through its years.

University of south Florida: (USF) The first independent state University located in the state of Florida. The University was established in 1956. The system of the University of South Florida has three institutions and is also is the home to 14 colleges. Adding, the institution offers majors for graduate and undergraduate students and they have a variety of programs where each student can choose the best option for them. Also the University has a big amount of students, the institution has an approximated of 50,000 students also, the institution is a big place that has 34 residences halls in the campus of Tampa available for the students who prefer to stay and make the life inside the campus. In fact, the colors that represent the University

To the respected and caring leaders of the California Department of Education, I hope to remind you all of the obstacle that most students face when they enter college. I am an undergraduate student at University of California, Davis. Although I got accepted to the university, just like many other students, I found that the knowledge and skills that I have learned and developed from secondary school do not meet the university entrance requirements. I have come to realize that high schools did not prepare students enough for the cruel and competitive environment in college. In order to help students to survive in more competitive environment and to pursue higher education, the Department of Education is greatly needed in establishing higher

Parents, students, and employers still hold stereotypes about career and technical education (CTE). This Practice Application Brief presents strategies career and technical educators can use to present a new image of CTE as a viable strategy for education and work, including proactive approaches to enhancing the reputation of CTE programs, bringing parents up to date on labor market information, marketing CTE to the local community, and working with media to recognize exemplary programs and outstanding student achievements.

Most students in Florida are encouraged to pass through community colleges before proceeding to universities to polish their grades (Danielle 2016). Florida’s universities on the other hand get funded by both federal and state government. There are other ways in which these community colleges and universities in Florida and other higher learning institutions in the US get funded. These include: personal or family loans and savings, provision of scholarships by the

The University of Florida dates back to 1853, marking the beginning of its history. The university really took off though in 1909 when president Albert Murphy helped make changes to increase admissions from 200 to 2,000. Throughout the years, expansion has included UF becoming the only university in the US to have six different health-related colleges as a part of their campus, and incorporating art as one of their programs. Additionally, the university is responsible for many invention such as Gatorade, and Sentricon, which is a system made to help with termites.

Such aid is usually provided by various sources such as federal and state agencies, colleges, high schools, foundations, and

School districts nationwide are facing a problem: While enrollment numbers are increasing, fewer teachers are becoming available. Coupled with a negative perception of teaching (thanks in part to overbearing education standards) as well as improvement made in other parts of the economy, fewer college students are becoming teachers. Even more damaging, teachers are leaving the profession for similar reasons.

The K-12 education in Florida is falling apart as the misuse of standardized testing continues to threaten the future of students and teachers across Florida by narrowing down the curriculum, value-added models generating ineffective results, widespread cheating, decreasing self-confidence among students, lowering of the passing mark and neglecting important factors such as socio-economic status. Florida is faced with the pressure to attain a hundred percent proficiency which is pushing teachers to spend their instructional time teaching test taking strategies instead of implementing an effective curriculum to promote learning. Value-added models are generating ineffective results which are jeopardizing the careers of teachers. The pressure

The conditions of the k-12 south Florida market have not allowed for FAEs to have 200-300 enrollments; but it does not mean that we do not have an excellent team of FAEs. The fact is that we are the number one providers for k-12; and that would not be the case if it weren’t for the excellent work done by the current group of FAEs. There are several reasons why the current team of FAEs has not met the goal of doing 200-300 enrollments, even though they are focused on doing

According the National Association of Independent Schools, 20.4 percent of school age students attend private school in Hawaii (NAIS, 2014). Forty-one percent of kindergarten to 12th grade students in Honolulu, Hawaii attends an independent school (Demirbag, 2014). The Hawaii Association of Independent Schools (HAIS) affiliated academic institutions were selected for this study due to their predominance in the Hawaii market. The HAIS is a membership organization which represents 118 private schools in Hawaii and 36,977 students in PK-12 grades (HAIS, 2015). The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) is the accrediting body for independent schools in the western region of the United States, including Hawaii. All WASC regionally

Career Technical Education, otherwise called CTE, is around to help understudies fabricate their future. The mission of the North Carolina State Board of Education is that each government funded school understudy will move on from secondary school, all around focused for work and postsecondary instruction, and arranged for life in the 21st Century. The mission of the state 's optional level CTE is to engage all understudies to be fruitful natives, specialists and pioneers in a worldwide economy. CTE gives understudies of all ages with the scholastic and specialized abilities, information and preparing important to succeed in future vocations and to wind up deep rooted learners. Altogether, around 12.5 million secondary school and undergrads are selected in CTE the country over. CTE readies these learners for the universe of work by acquainting them with working environment skills, and makes scholarly substance open to understudies by giving it in a hands-on setting. Truth be told, the