The stigma of attending vocational schools is slowly coming to an end, mercifully, as evidenced by the growing waiting lists to get into voc schools. But as Michael Jonas notes at CommonWealth magazine, vocational schools are suddenly getting picky about who gets into their institutions. “The right kids aren’t getting in,” says Scott Palladino, principal at Wareham High School on Cape Cod. “The kids who need to learn a trade, those hands-on kids, aren’t getting accepted.” In a way, those kids are victims of society’s otherwise laudable emphasis on gaining STEM and tech-related skills.
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