The new vision for the 21st century is reflected in ACTE's recent position paper on strengthening the American high school through career and technical education. Teachers and administrators are encouraged to continue raising students' academic achievements and their high school completion rates. However, the way the American high school is configured to ensure that CTE will help achieve those goals varies from community to community. Instead of a single model or strategy that fits all, the author envisions a portfolio of strategies in which CTE is one part of an overall strategy to ensure students are adequately prepared for the dual goals of work and postsecondary education. His strategies include (a) organizing large high schools around wall-to-wall, career-based small learning communities, where students take a solid academic core; (b) creating choice technical high schools that teach college preparatory academic core; (c) strengthening the career/technical curriculum in the high school; (d) concentrating on rural areas, where a vital part of the 21st century education strategy will be giving students access to career and technical centers; and (b) continuing growth in magnet and charter schools developed around career and technical themes.