Jack Powers at IN3.ORG
Brooklyn, NY -- Technology expert Jack Powers, founder of Brooklyn’s International Informatics Institute (http://IN3.ORG)
Career and technical education (CTE) programs provide skills training and workforce preparation in a wide variety of fields, from agriculture to building trades, from web development to health careers, from aeronautics to finance. Industry advisory commissions close to each discipline work with teachers, principals and students to keep the schools up-to-date and connected.
CTE students have attendance rates up to 10% higher than high schools in general and are four times less likely to drop out than all-academic high school students, even though CTE programs often draw from low-income populations with the lowest English and math scores. Many graduates go on to two-year and four-year colleges, technical schools and apprenticeship programs to advance their careers.
Since 1987, Powers has served on the Council’s Graphics Industry Advisory Commission where he helps evaluate curriculum issues, develop teacher training programs, and support a successful citywide graphics competition. He also serves on the board of the Graphic Communications Scholarship Foundation, a 501(c)3 spin-off.
“New York City has a venerable history of teaching people from all backgrounds the skills they need to build successful, fulfilling lives,” Powers said. “We used to call it ‘vocational education,’ and I’ve always liked that notion of a life’s work as your vocation. Book learning and test-taking are fine, but we certainly need more people in this city who know how to do things, how to build things, how to fix things and how to get things done.”
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