Last year, when Kathryn Glover, 18, graduated from New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School, she found herself in a fortunate position not afforded to enough high school students: she had options. Kathryn had gained work experience through an engineering internship organized by a local nonprofit and had earned college credits through dual enrollment in her high school and the New Orleans Career Center program at the University of New Orleans. Her training had given her skills, such as 3D modeling, that could have landed her a well-paying job with a local employer right after her high school graduation.
Our education system should aim to provide more graduating high school students with the options that Kathryn had—to either pursue a college education or to start working with the prospect of a successful career.
