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  2. Vocational education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Vocational education in the United States varies from state to state. Vocational schools or tech schools are post-secondary schools (students usually enroll after graduating from high school or obtaining their GEDs) that teach the skills necessary to help students acquire jobs in specific industries.

  3. Vocational education - Wikipedia

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    Vocational education is known by a variety of names, depending on the country concerned, including career and technical education, [2] or acronyms such as TVET (technical and vocational education and training; used by UNESCO) and TAFE (technical and further education).

  4. List of United States education acts - Wikipedia

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    Amended the Vocational Education Act to extend grants for nurse training. Pub. L. 87–22: 1962 McIntire–Stennis Act of 1962: Funded agricultural research programs. Pub. L. 87–788: 1963 (No short title) Reauthorized the National Defense Education Act. Expanded vocational education programs with the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Pub. L ...

  5. SkillsUSA - Wikipedia

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    SkillsUSA is a United States career and technical student organization serving more than 395,000 high school, college and middle school students and professional members enrolled in training programs in trade, technical and skilled service occupations, including health occupations.

  6. Vocational-technical school - Wikipedia

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    A vocational-technical school, often called a vo-tech school, is a high school in the United States and Canada designed to bring vocational and technical training to its students. Proponents claim that students bound for college may be able to use such skills to realize a distinct educational advantage over other students in their major.

  7. List of vocational colleges in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Vocational schools in the United States are traditionally two-year colleges which prepare students to enter the workforce after they receive an Associate degree. Students may also use courses as credit transferable to four-year universities. Programs often combine classroom lessons in theory with hands-on applications of the lessons students ...

  8. Vocational school - Wikipedia

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    Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China A vocational school, (alternatively known as a trade school, or technical school) is a type of educational institution, which, depending on the country, may refer to either secondary or post-secondary education [1] designed to provide vocational education or technical ...

  9. National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee

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    The NJATC helped developing and standardizing education in the electrical industry by helping members of NECA and the IBEW, create a skilled workforce. The organization worked with various experts to ensure that electrical apprentices in the organized labor movement had access to the most-up-to date training initiatives in the electrical ...