Civil Beat: Girls Are Losing Out In Hawai‘i’s Push To Train Kids For High-Paying Jobs

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Written By Diana Hahn
 

Photo credit: David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

 

Honolulu Civil Beat
January 21, 2025
By Megan Tagami

“The number of students enrolled in CTE pathways has exploded in Hawaiʻi in recent years, amid debates about how to help students secure high-paying jobs after graduation and combat the state’s high cost of living. Nearly two-thirds of the class of 2023 participated in a high school CTE program. 

But the programs aren’t serving boys and girls equally across the state.”

Diana Hahn https://www.moonsofdiana.com
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