The Association for Career and Technical Education is the professional association of CTE educators http://136.165.122.102/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=1. It is a nonprofit membership association based in the United States. Its members are primarily educators and administrators of career and technical education http://www.acteonline.org/about.aspx, which is sometimes known as vocational education

Vocational education

Vocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...

. The organization advocates the U.S. federal government for support for career and technical education. ACTE produces publications, including issue briefs on topics such as improving students' literacy skills in the context of learning hands-on skills http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2009/11/the-career-and-tech-pathway-to.html.