Technical Education

Modeled after its Hour of Code campaign, Code.org's new Hour of AI initiative means to prepare students and families for the future of artificial intelligence through practice with coding and AI tools.

The Georgia Fintech Academy, a partnership between the University System of Georgia and some of the world’s largest payments companies, says it has served more than 10,000 students since it was established in 2018.

The $15 million cleanroom simulator at Onondaga Community College has opened to train students for jobs at Micron Technology as well as for other tech industries.

With more than $3 million from Volkswagen Group of America, a Tennessee school district's new career and technical education center will offer engineering-skills training to students from multiple high schools.

Supported by a Wisconsin Fast Forward grant, a student-run business at Superior High School uses metal fabrication and manufacturing equipment to produce items for businesses and community members.

According to officials at a public university in Alabama, working with local industry and workforce partners in high-demand fields such as computer science and cybersecurity has helped drive enrollment growth.

A public-private partnership called the Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance aims to support career awareness and exploration for PreK-12 students focused on high-tech advanced manufacturing in mid-Michigan.

A public technical college in Wisconsin is offering a new certificate through its IT and network associate degree program that will qualify students to work at a nearby AI data center scheduled to open next year.

The nonprofit Education Design Lab's Community College Growth Engine gives community colleges a blueprint and resources to create short, stackable, workforce-oriented educational programs co-designed with employers.

Technical College System of Georgia Commissioner Greg Dozier said enrollment last year was at its highest point since 2013, and the colleges are working to integrate AI into various learning programs.

A private liberal arts college in Pennsylvania is offering 28 microcredentials, or digital badges that indicate acquired skills, in fields like AI engineering, game design and cybersecurity risk analysis.

Starting from scratch, Hartselle High School students are planning to design and build a mobile STEM lab, like a tiny house on a trailer frame with solar panels to power it, to hold workshops for kids.

An Iowa college's $29 million renovation project added educational spaces for e-sports, cybersecurity, mechatronics and other programs to its career and technical education center.

Houston Independent School District intends to build a new career and technical education center and upgrade its current one with ith more emphasis on the use of drones and cybersecurity.

The new computer science program at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology offers different pathways for developers and researchers, with specializations in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data science and systems.

A recent report by the New York City-based Center for an Urban Future found that 52 percent of New York high schools offer at least one foundational computer science class, raising questions about future job preparedness.

Anyone enrolled in IT and cybersecurity training programs at PC AGE Career Institute this fall is eligible for a monthly $200 stipend, intended to make training for in-demand careers more widely accessible.

Several new facilities and programs across Colorado involve industry partnerships to expand career and technical education in fields such as electronics, semiconductor engineering, cybersecurity, IT and space technology.