Description
Representatives Glenn Thompson (R-PA) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), co-chairs of the Career and Technical Education Caucus, talked about the purpose of career and technical education and their caucus.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- CLIP #1: What is the "aim" of the Career and Technical Education Caucus?
- CLIP #1: Summarize what motivated Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA) to start the Caucus.
- CLIP #1: How does Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) define career and technical education (CATE)?
- CLIP #1: Based on the clip, what are the benefits and impact of CATE?
- CLIP #1: What are the "tools" of CATE?
- CLIP #2: How many students are "participating" in career and technical education (CATE)? Explain.
- CLIP #2: What "skills" do students learn in CATE?
- CLIP #2: According to Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA), what has been the impact of the Career and Technical Education Caucus and related legislation?
- CLIP #2: Why has CATE been a "success," and what is "consistent" about it?
Additional Resources
- Video Clip: Actors Chris Evans & Mark Kassen on Civics Education
- Video Clip: School Choice Efforts and K-12 Education
- Video Clip: Student Loans and Efforts to Ease Student Debt
- Bell Ringer: Educational Policy and the Every Student Succeeds Act
- Bell Ringer: Human Capital and Investment in Career and Technical Education
- Bell Ringer: Women in STEM
- Bell Ringer: Horace Mann and Early Public Education
- Lesson Plan: The Role of the Federal Government in Education
Participants
Vocabulary
- Bias
- Bipartisan
- Capitol Hill
- Career And Technical Education Caucus
- Coronavirus
- Debt
- Democrat
- Economy
- Fiscal
- Legislation
- Mortgage
- Republican
- Soft Skills
- Strengthening Career And Technical Education For The 21st Century Act (2018)
- Trade