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All-girls auto shop class teaches students to be confident, self-sufficient

Ann Doss Helms

March 19, 2018 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

Amidst the movement to integrate Career Technical Education (CTE) into college courses, one teacher decided to develop an all-female introductory auto shop class, empowering high school girls to learn skills that are in high demand in the area but that they might not normally seek out. The teacher has observed that female students are much more comfortable in advanced classes following their completion of introductory classes separate from male classmates.

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