In an article from October 28, 2012 called, "A Lot is New Under the Hood in High School Auto Shop Classes" Tony Perry and Howard Blume of the Los Angeles Times discuss the revival of auto shop classes in the San Diego Unified School District. Auto shop classes used to be major part of high school curriculums, however budget cuts and shift towards college preparation classes led to their decline. Recently, community leaders have found that auto shop classes may be beneficial to the students and keep them interested in earning their high school diploma. Therefore, they have put an effort to link auto tech classes with algebra, physics, and geometry. The electronic driven classes attract the students' attention and provide them with vocational training for the future. "San Diego officials believe the return of auto shop and other practical vocational classes has helped cut the dropout rate, which now stands at 6%, the lowest of any big-city district in the state" (Perry and Blume).
The reinstatement of auto shop classes in public schools is extremely important because of the lack of special skill workers in America. This will only lead to more job growth and as one can see, a decline in the drop out rate.
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