Impact of National Careers in Trades Week Continues as Angie Simon Featured on CNN
Building off the momentum of the recent feature in The Wall Street Journal, the co-founder of the Heavy Metal Summer Experience talks to Michael Smerconish about the need for high schools to revitalize vocational education.
Angie Simon, co-founder of the Heavy Metal Summer Experience, was interviewed on CNN’s Smerconish about the need for high schools to ramp up their vocational education offerings. Angie details the benefits of a trade career. She also outlines the need for school counselors to get the word out about this alternative to college and the student debt associated with it.
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