Voc-tech schools articles
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Advocacy group again slams voc-tech school admissions
Three years ago, vocational high schools statewide were directed to create admissions policies that would ensure all students equitable access to education. Now these schools are again the target of complaints that their admissions practices discriminate on the basis of race, income, special needs and English language skills.
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Editorial: Target tech school additions in districts with highest demand
The lack of capacity in the state’s vocational-technical high schools prompted education officials to mandate admission policies that would ensure all students equitable access to education. In 2021, the advocacy group Vocational Education Justice Coalition pushed for the use of lotteries to pick the student body instead of most admissions policies at the time that […]
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Arrests made at pro-Palestinian protest at Virginia Tech, school says
Virginia Tech said an “incident” at its Blacksburg campus had “stabilized.” University officials across the country have faced off with protesters of Israel’s war in Gaza.