Even within career and technical education today, white students are more likely to have access to manufacturing and information technology pathways, while black and brown students are placed in classes for now devalued professions like hospitality or tourism. One of the reasons the Department of Education exists is to help states and schools address these educational inequities. This is literally one of the reasons why Congress tasked the Department of Education with administering Perkins and other career and technical education programs. (01:47–01:55)
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Asserts that addressing educational inequities is a foundational reason for the Department of Education's existence.
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