vocational education

1. Vocational Education
Debate Assignment
Should vocational education at the high school and post
secondary level play a larger role in the education system in
the United States, and if so, how should it evolve?
Written by: Martina Okolo

2. High School Student
Perspective
 My career interest does not require a bachelors degree but, hands on job
training.
 I can minimize my college debt if college is not the right path for me.
 I can minimize my college debt if I can not afford to attend a public or
private college.
 My credits can be transferred to other higher education institutions if I
choose to take that path later.

3. Flexible Learning
Vocational opportunities at the
middle and high school levels
expand students’ knowledge
about multiple career paths
they may never considered
due to rigid school
curriculums.
 Cosmetology
 Dental assisting
 Engineering technology
 Graphic communications
 Culinary Arts
 Masonry
 Automotive Technologies

4. Average earnings of high school graduates with
vocational education vs. without vocational education

5. Academic achievement in vocational
students vs. non vocational students

6. Where does the evolution of
vocational education begin?
”
“We've done a disservice in this country by suggesting that there's only
one path to success, which is to get a bachelor's degree. There are
many good-paying jobs available today that, quite candidly, a four-year
bachelor of arts degree does not prepare them for.”
-Mark Edwards, Executive Director of Opportunity Nation
Evolution comes with a change in how society looks at success in the
labor force and reproducing it within our educational system.

7. Vocational education bias