July 8, 2004
- CLE co-director Weckstein argues that, on its face, the intent and purpose of the No Child Left Behind Act is consistent with the goals of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins); therefore, we need to conceive of academic mastery as something quite different from grim drill narrowly aimed at test score gains and to discard the outdated notion of vocational education as narrowly defined occupational training for specific jobs.
