Restoring Cars, Building Million Dollar Homes: CTE Students Do It All
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Seventeen-year-old Charles Wilkinson will not go to college after completing his study at Edison High School last June. That does not mean Wilkinson will face an uncertain future. In fact, he is excited about his future.
About nine percent of high school
graduates like Wilkinson in Fairfax County in northern Virginia do not go to either a four-year college or a community college. Some of them may have difficulty with traditional school subjects. But they are better at making things and using tools to solve problems.
Weary from virtual learning, Fairfax students donned hard hats to help build $1 million house washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.