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“To close the skills gap, we need to focus on debunking the stigmas and stereotypes that routinely discourage millions of people from exploring millions of available opportunities. We need to challenge the obscene cost of a four-year degree, and the absurd notion that the most expensive form of education is the best path for the most people. … Show America that it’s still possible to prosper by mastering a skill that’s in demand.” (Mike Rowe, Dirty Jobs)

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“Career Technical Education (CTE) makes education relevant and important. One goal for CTE is to put individual students to work to achieve [and] to provide a skilled labor force to enable America to maintain its place in the world economy.” (Psychology Today)

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“CTE focuses on hard skills, career readiness, and learning a trade.” (Applied Educational Systems)

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“To ensure that our country’s workforce remains the best in the world, it is imperative that we equip students … with the skills necessary to fill the jobs our economy is creating at an incredible pace and to enable them to reap the benefits of successful careers.” (“Proclamation on Career and Technical Education Month.” WhiteHouse.Gov)