Missouri education departments release recommendations for career-technical education

Missouri needs “plug-and-play instructional resources” to help school districts expand vocational offerings and employer incentives to hire students exploring career paths, according to a new report on improving job readiness.

Bringing together resources from the state’s K-12 and postsecondary education departments, a work group met from April through July to assess the state’s current career-tech programs.

Implementing the departments’ recommendations, though, comes with numerous funding challenges.

Gov. Mike Kehoe called for the report during his State of the State address in January with an executive order charging the departments with “improving existing career and technical education delivery systems in Missouri.”

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