Learning by Making Rockets & Robots

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Originally Posted by Ian Curtis

Once upon a time a typical high school taught home economics and had a room full of Southbends and an auto shop, no? What got added when these classes were taken away? (Not a rhetorical question)

Good question. I can't provide a universal answer (if one exists), but in my high school I think it coincided at least roughly with an increase in computers & tech: mechanical CAD, architectural CAD, biotech, manufacturing, power & energy, transport, video apps, graphic arts & photography. I believe it also coincided with a major expansion the lab science progression: multi-year & AP bio/chem/phys, plus more in-depth environmental/ecology courses. If my own experience is any indication, we also had a somewhat belated uptick in higher-level social science.

Like another poster, the district also has central a vocational-technical education school, as well as a new STEM magnet school.