As Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly traversed the state in February to visit classrooms, she saw students harvesting and selling farm-fresh food, managing coffee shops and learning in wood shops, among other hands-on training.
Through career and technical education programs, high school students can take unconventional classes like these that train them for in-demand jobs. The classes are popular among students, and schools want to offer more of them.
Kids imaginations and their talents completely jump to life when theyre immersed in these settings and in these classrooms, Underly said.
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