Technical education takes off

The courses' real-world emphasis is drawing more high school students

By Mary Vorsino

~~<p>Career technical education courses at Hawaii high schools are seeing big enrollment increases amid statewide efforts to incorporate new technologies, more rigorous standards and better partnerships with industry professionals.</p>
<p>Some 27,400 Hawaii high-schoolers took at least one career technical education course in the 2010-11 school year, up by 52 percent — or more than 8,100 students — from five years earlier.</p>
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Career technical education courses at Hawaii high schools are seeing big enrollment increases amid statewide efforts to incorporate new technologies, more rigorous standards and better partnerships with industry professionals.

Some 27,400 Hawaii high-schoolers took at least one career technical education course in the 2010-11 school year, up by 52 percent — or more than 8,100 students — from five years earlier. Login for more...