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STEM Activities by Grade
STEM activities by grade should be more than a collection of “fun projects.” For schools and districts, they are a vertical learning system: students...
What Is a STEM Curriculum?
A STEM curriculum is not simply a sequence of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics courses. In strong K–12 and CTE programs, it is a...
Cross-Curricular STEM
Cross-curricular STEM is not “science plus a craft,” a math worksheet with a robot picture, or a one-day engineering challenge added after testing. Done...
STEM Classroom Funding
STEM classroom funding is not one grant category. It is a braided mix of federal, state, local, philanthropic, workforce, and institutional funds used to...
STEM Lab Funding
STEM lab funding is not just a purchasing problem. It is a program-design problem that connects curriculum, safety, facilities, teacher capacity, industry alignment, and...
Middle School STEM Curriculum
A middle school STEM curriculum is not simply a collection of science labs, coding apps, robotics kits, or engineering challenges. A strong program intentionally...
The Digital Mise en Place: Why Culinary Education Must Teach Food...
Culinary food traceability is becoming an essential workforce skill as professional kitchens rely increasingly on digital supplier records, inventory systems, and rapid recall response.
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The Return of Industrial Policy Is Reshaping Career and Technical Education
Industrial policy and CTE are becoming increasingly connected as government investment helps determine which industries, technologies, and workforce capabilities the United States intends to...
The Great Equipment Gap: Why New Labs Don’t Automatically Create Workforce...
Across the United States, schools, career centers, community colleges, and workforce organizations are investing in robotics cells, CNC machines, welding systems, semiconductor equipment, healthcare...
The Federal CTE Civil Rights Review Is Gone. Access Is Now...
The federal CTE civil rights review system has ended, but schools and colleges remain responsible for ensuring meaningful and nondiscriminatory access to every technical...
