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Getting low-income kids into jobs by getting them into career-themed high schools

Bekah McNeel

July 16, 2018 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

In San Antonio, career-themed schools are at the center “of a growing push to more closely match the skills students gather in high school with workforce needs.” The Center for Applied Science and Technology (CAST), described as akin to “an outpost of Google,” works with industry partners to connect students with local jobs and ensure lessons are up to date, all while emphasizing socioeconomic integration through an approach called “diversity by design.”

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