Tag: skilled trades
College of Southern Maryland Builds Manufacturing-to-Apprenticeship Workforce Pipeline
The College of Southern Maryland is building something more significant than a new set of manufacturing courses.
It is developing the infrastructure to connect hands-on...
Dayton STEM School Builds K–12 Advanced Manufacturing Center to Start the...
A new advanced manufacturing center in Ohio is testing an increasingly important idea for technical education: What if the manufacturing workforce pipeline begins in...
Illinois Invests $20 Million in Five Community College Manufacturing Academies
Illinois is making a significant investment in community colleges as infrastructure for the state's advanced manufacturing economy.
On September 14, 2026, Gov. JB Pritzker and...
Ohio Overhauls High-School Credentials to Focus on What Employers Actually Value
The state is replacing a sprawling credential system with 70 standalone credentials and 21 approved bundles—putting greater emphasis on whether certifications actually lead students...
American Technical Publishers Connects CTE Curriculum to Workforce Skills
For career and technical education programs, equipment may be the most visible part of a laboratory, but curriculum determines whether students understand what to...
Pennsylvania’s New Heavy-Highway CTE Grants Include a $3M Bet on Student...
Pennsylvania is making $12 million available to schools, career and technical centers, colleges and other educational institutions to build or expand programs serving the...
Illinois Just Made CTE an Alternative to Foreign Language for High...
Illinois has enacted a significant change to its high school graduation framework that could elevate career and technical education from an elective pathway to...
U.S. Loses 23,000 Jobs in July as Construction and Durable Manufacturing...
The U.S. labor market weakened in July, but the headline number masks a potentially important shift for career and technical education.
Nonfarm payroll employment declined...
Arkansas Opens Lottery Scholarships to Trade Schools as Workforce Pell Begins
Published August 6, 2026. Program details were reviewed against Arkansas Division of Higher Education materials, Arkansas administrative rules, federal Workforce Pell guidance, and reporting...
Navy’s $76.6 Billion Submarine Contracts Put the Technical Education Pipeline to...
The U.S. Navy’s newly announced submarine contracts are being described in terms of ships, shipyards and national defense. For technical educators, the more immediate...
