LOXLEY, Ala. — As state lawmakers and education leaders push Alabama to expand career and technical education as a way to build up workforce and economic development, Baldwin Preparatory Academy in South Alabama offers a glimpse of what the future might look like.
Across the state, school districts have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into career tech centers as workforce training has become a central part of the state’s economic strategy.
Baldwin Prep opened in 2024 as a standalone high school that combines core academics – English, math, science and social studies – with full-time career and technical training under one roof…