Our guest for this episode of College & Career Readiness Radio is Assistant Superintendent Eder Joseph.

EJ shares that about 65% of his CTE high school graduates pursue two- or four-year college, reflecting that CTE is a path to college as well as careers.

He highlights that parents often carry outdated views of CTE as “vocational,” and that it requires effort to change the narrative toward CTE as a viable, rigorous, and respected option.

EJ points out that many of his students use CTE pathways as a springboard, for example, learning culinary, cosmetology, or trades and then choosing to pursue business education in college so they can become entrepreneurs in their field.