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We Don’t Have a CTE Problem— We Have a Perception Problem: The P.E.R.C.E.P.T.I.O.N. Shift™: How Education Leaders Change the Narrative So Students ... Education —and Communities Believe in It
What if the biggest barrier facing Career and Technical Education isn't funding, facilities, or curriculum — but perception?
In We Don't Have a CTE Problem — We Have a Perception Problem, Dr. Donna Prudhomme, the 2026 ACTE National Administrator of the Year, delivers a bold and necessary the story told about Career and Technical Education has shaped how students choose, how parents respond, how counselors guide, and how leaders prioritize. And until that story changes, nothing else will.
Drawing from more than thirty years of experience as a CTE teacher, counselor, high school principal, and district director, Dr. Prudhomme traces the perception problem from its historical roots — federal legislation, tracking systems, and decades of messaging — all the way into the hallways, schedules, and budget decisions of today's schools. She shows how the problem was built, where it lives, and most importantly, how to dismantle it.
Through The P.E.R.C.E.P.T.I.O.N. Shift™ Framework, education leaders gain the language, tools, and strategies to reposition CTE in their schools and communities — so students choose it, families support it, and leaders protect it.
This is not a complaint about the system. It is a blueprint for changing it.
Whether you are a CTE director fighting for a seat at the table, a principal shaping the master schedule, or a superintendent committed to building a future-ready district — this book was written for you.
Perception was built. Which means perception can be changed.
In We Don't Have a CTE Problem — We Have a Perception Problem, Dr. Donna Prudhomme, the 2026 ACTE National Administrator of the Year, delivers a bold and necessary the story told about Career and Technical Education has shaped how students choose, how parents respond, how counselors guide, and how leaders prioritize. And until that story changes, nothing else will.
Drawing from more than thirty years of experience as a CTE teacher, counselor, high school principal, and district director, Dr. Prudhomme traces the perception problem from its historical roots — federal legislation, tracking systems, and decades of messaging — all the way into the hallways, schedules, and budget decisions of today's schools. She shows how the problem was built, where it lives, and most importantly, how to dismantle it.
Through The P.E.R.C.E.P.T.I.O.N. Shift™ Framework, education leaders gain the language, tools, and strategies to reposition CTE in their schools and communities — so students choose it, families support it, and leaders protect it.
This is not a complaint about the system. It is a blueprint for changing it.
Whether you are a CTE director fighting for a seat at the table, a principal shaping the master schedule, or a superintendent committed to building a future-ready district — this book was written for you.
Perception was built. Which means perception can be changed.
209 pages, Paperback
Published May 17, 2026
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