“Let's also make sure that a high school diploma puts our kids on a path to a good job. Right now, countries like Germany focus on graduating their high school students with the equivalent of a technical degree from one of our community colleges, so that they're ready for a job. At schools like P-TECh in Brooklyn ... students will graduate with a high school diploma and an associate degree in computers or engineering. We need to give every American student opportunities like this.” NeedsGivingCountryKidsSchoolJobsOpportunityCommunityPathFocusStudentsCollegeReadyRight NowDegreesComputerHigh SchoolGermanyGraduatesEngineeringAssociatesGood JobBrooklynOur CommunityDiplomaCommunity CollegeHigh School StudentsHigh School Diploma Author:Barack Obama
“A majority of students who come into community colleges are still stuck at high school level or remedial math. And when they take it in college, they still don't pass it. So the Carnegie Foundation got together and created two accelerated courses that focus on real-world applications of numbers like for health, for civics, for personal finance - concepts that you and I use every single day.” WorldStillsTwoRealUseSchoolTogetherCoursesCommunityLevelsNumbersFocusStudentsCollegeHigh SchoolConceptsFoundationMajorityMathStuckFinanceReal WorldApplicationCivicsPersonal FinanceCarnegieCommunity College Author:Anya Kamenetz
“I dropped out of high school and I tried to go to community college for a little while. I can't be a student. I always hated that lifestyle.” LittlesI CanSchoolCommunityStudentsCollegeHigh SchoolLifestyleHatedCommunity College Author:Zach Condon
“I feel strongly that we have to have an education system that starts with preschool and goes through college. That's why I want more technical education in high schools and in community colleges, real apprenticeships to prepare young people for the jobs of the future.” PeopleWantFeelsRealSchoolJobsYoungCommunityCollegeHigh SchoolEducation SystemApprenticeshipPreschoolCommunity CollegeTechnical Education Author:Hillary Clinton
“Hillary Clinton said we need to bring back vocational education in high school. We need to support community colleges. We need to make sure that people who are not going to finish college have a job waiting for them and the skills to do the job. These are all - have become fairly standard Democratic policy positions.” PeopleNeedsSaidSchoolJobsWaitingCommunitySupportPolicyPositionCollegeSkillsStandardsHigh SchoolDemocraticClintonCommunity CollegeVocational Education Author:George Packer
“The economy, virtually all the new income has gone to the top 10 percent, and we need to find those areas where we can actually make a change in that. And that includes enhancing manufacturing jobs in this country, it includes the ability to go to community college for free, it includes the ability to have debt-free higher education, it includes career technical education in our high schools. It also includes taking on the pharmaceutical companies on the extravagant prices that they`re charging for the drugs. Americans need to stay healthy.” CountrySchoolCommunityAbilityEconomyCollegeHealthyDrugHigh SchoolMaking ChangesHigher EducationPharmaceuticalCommunity College Author:Jeff Merkley
“After I left high school and got my GED, I studied broadcast journalism for a year at a community college.” YearsSchoolLeftCommunityCollegeHigh SchoolJournalismCommunity CollegeGedBroadcast Journalism Author:Chris Rock
“I hated leaving a hole in the smoking world, and so I recruited someone to take my place. People have given me a lot of grief, but I'm pretty sure that after high school, this girl would have started anyway, especially if she chose the army over community college.” PeopleIfsWorldSchoolGirlGivenCommunityGriefCollegeHigh SchoolArmyLeavingHolesHatedSmokingThis GirlCommunity CollegeAfter High SchoolLife After High School Author:David Sedaris