While in Texas, the president will visit a technical high school and meet with entrepreneurs.

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DeLorean was an honor student, ran track and wrote a humor column at Cass Technical High School.

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Byrd, who was also a pioneer in jazz education, attended Cass Technical High School in Detroit, played in military bands in the Air Force and moved to New York in 1955.

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High school junior and seniors can enroll and complete the first year of a technical program, graduate high school with a diploma along with a one year certificate.

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In fact, the largest portion of jobs in our labor market (nearly half) require some kind of technical training beyond a high school diploma, and these "middle-skill" jobs are experiencing the greatest shortages of skilled workers.

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Older kids can participate in the FIRST Technical Challenge with home build robots, and high school teams build larger robots from scratch for the FIRST Robotics Challenge (FRC).

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Right now, countries like Germany focus on graduating their high school students with the equivalent of a technical degree from one of our community colleges.

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Right now, countries like Germany focus on graduating their high-school students with the equivalent of a technical degree from one of our community colleges.

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So whether it's at a four-year college, or a community college, or a technical program, some form of higher education, something beyond high school has never been more important.

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