American Educator Magazine: Empowering Futures: How Salem’s Comprehensive CTE Programs are Shaping Students’ Lives

By Mario Sousa for American Educator

As an immigrant scholar who arrived in the United States in the mid-’90s at 12 years old, I was steered toward career and technical education (CTE) programs due to presumptions about me as a bilingual immigrant. Regrettably, that meant I was not exposed to college options and had limited interaction with my high school counselor. Like many other multiple language students, the message I received was that college was not a viable path for me.

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