Trump Seeks Big Increase in Career-Technical Education Money

Trump Seeks Big Increase in Career-Technical Education Money
President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office as he returns from a day trip from North Carolina at the White House in Washington, on Feb. 7, 2020. Joshua Roberts/Reuters
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President Donald Trump is proposing a $900 million increase in education spending to teach skills and trades, in what would be a historic federal infusion into a spending area that’s been stagnant for years.

The announcement Monday follows Trump’s State of the Union push for career and technical education and is in line with increasing emphasis on the idea that there should be stronger career paths for students as alternatives to a four-year degree.