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    Tracking and vocational ed

    Jeannie Oakes, who has studied tracking for decades, says vocational ed and "tracking" are connected, and that sorting students by race and class is still a problem.

    August 12, 2014

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    Vocational education took hold when American schools were facing a swelling immigrant population and manufacturers’ needs for trained workers. Jeannie Oakes, who has studied tracking for decades, says vocational ed and “tracking” are connected, and that sorting students by race and class is still a problem.

    Guest: Jeannie Oakes, director of education and scholarship at the Ford Foundation.

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