Exploring Essential Skills at Thomas A. Edison CTE High School
How can high schools make academic classes feel as relevant and interesting as career and technical education classes? Students and teachers are collaborating on some exciting solutions at Thomas A. Edison CTE High School in Queens, New York. They’ve created a Research and Development department to test out new ideas. One involves adding “essential skills” to academic classes—such as communicating, giving and receiving feedback, and professionalism. Watch Edison students and teachers explain why they started their collaboration and how it works.
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