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It’s not widely known, but George W. Bush destroyed trades education in public schools. His ‘No Child Left Behind’ Act tested for math and English, but NOT for the trades.
And woe to the principal whose school scored low on NCLB tests. In the interests of self-preservation, most principals and school superintendents eliminated their trades programs. The trades students were then shoved into advanced math and English classes...classes they neither wanted nor needed.
The urban high school where I taught had a superb carpentry program. It was probably the best one in the state. It’s gone now, thanks to George W. Bush and his fellow travelers in Congress.