Sen. Harry Brown, R-Onslow, leads a bipartisan group of legislators promoting career and technical education in North Carolina’s public schools. Brown discusses legislation he’s promoting this year, and he and other speakers, including student Courtney Clapp (pictured above), discuss CTE’s benefits during a Feb. 26, 2009, news conference. One potential benefit is a reduction in the high-school dropout rate, an issue addressed in a recent John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.
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