{"id":1925,"date":"2026-03-16T13:59:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acteonline.org\/cte-101\/?page_id=1925"},"modified":"2026-04-07T19:49:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T19:49:21","slug":"why-cte-administrators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.acteonline.org\/cte-101\/why-cte-administrators\/","title":{"rendered":"Why CTE?"},"content":{"rendered":"  <style>\r\n    body blockquote::before {\r\n        background: #11ada2;\r\n    }\r\n  <\/style>\r\n  <section id=\"row-block_0c187ac3fce7d86691c34d1574e01feb\" class=\"wysiwyg-2col \">\r\n  <div class=\"content-area\">\r\n            <div class=\"image-area\">\r\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acteonline.org\/cte-101\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/03\/CTE101-Admin-EngineeringStudent.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid\">\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"text-area \">\r\n      <h2>Why CTE?<\/h2>\n<p>Through CTE, students gain technical, academic and employability skills in areas like communication and problem solving, earn credit and credentials, apply their learning in the real world, and explore careers while planning for their futures.<\/p>\n<h4>CTE Works for Students and Families<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>CTE programs are academically rigorous and aligned to college and career readiness standards, with <span style=\"color: #008080\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px\"><b>97%<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u00a0of CTE students graduating high school (<a href=\"https:\/\/cte.ed.gov\/pcrn\/profile\/national\/performance\/2023\/population\/summary\/met\/secondary\/all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Department of Education<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Students who take CTE courses are <span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong style=\"font-size: 20px\">more likely<\/strong><\/span> to attend a two-year college and <span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong style=\"font-size: 20px\">equally likely <\/strong><\/span>as their peers to attend a four-year college (<a href=\"https:\/\/cteresearchnetwork.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-11\/CTE-ResSynthInfog-508.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTE Research Network<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>CTE is <span style=\"color: #99cc00\"><strong style=\"font-size: 20px\">positively linked<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0to postsecondary persistence and degree attainment and leads to higher employment rates after high school (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban.org\/research\/publication\/which-college-and-career-readiness-standards-best-align-positive-outcomes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Urban Institute<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>CTE Works for Employers and Communities<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The nation faces a projected deficit of <span style=\"color: #008080\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px\"><b><span style=\"color: #800080\">6 million<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span>\u00a0workers by 2032 in health care, utilities and other CTE-related industries (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.datocms-assets.com\/62658\/1726526804-the_rising_storm_lightcast_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lightcast<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #99cc00\"><strong style=\"font-size: 20px\">93%<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0of U.S. employers recruiting from CTE programs find those programs beneficial to their bottom line <u>(<\/u><a href=\"https:\/\/careertech.org\/resource\/shifting-the-skills-conversation-employer-attitudes-and-outcomes-of-career-technical-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Advance CTE<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>CTE programs <span style=\"color: #008080\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px\"><b>contribute significantly <\/b><\/span><\/span>to the economies of states and local communities (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acteonline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ACTE_InvestingInCTE_Jan2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACTE<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1925","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why CTE? 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