Career Education Is Having a Moment. Here’s How It’s Adapting for Future Jobs
Career and Technical Education (CTE) is at a turning point. What once lived on the margins of academic planning is now front and center in national conversations around workforce development, education equity and student well-being.
As a former CTE educator and now working on CTE at Pearson, I’ve watched this evolution up close. Districts aren’t just experimenting with a few technology or agriculture pathways anymore; they’re building entire CTE-focused programs and schools, designing curricula aligned to workforce trends and giving students more ways than ever to find purpose and opportunity after graduation.
But for CTE to truly serve today’s students, it needs something it’s never had at scale: flexibility.