Technical Education

A Tennessee school district's 12 new digital fabrication labs, equipped with laser cutters, 3D printers, vinyl cutters and other electronics, include the first nine in the state to be integrated into elementary schools.

An after-school program is looking for fourth- through eighth-grade girls to study computer science, form teams and develop apps for local service projects to be pitched at state, national and international competitions.

The tech giant's CEO Sundar Pichai announced in a blog post that Google will provide funds for various nonprofits to expand computer science education for underserved kids in major urban areas and rural communities.

The new 125,000-square-foot school includes science labs, machine shops, a fabrication and engineering lab, and a “cyber range” where students can learn to detect and mitigate cyber attacks in a controlled environment.

Three years after the Alabama State Department of Education launched CS4Alabama to promote computer science in K-12 schools, proponents say legislative support and educator certifications have made all the difference.

Working with Iowa Central Community College and Alquist 3D, Iowa State University's College of Design will put $2.15 million in grant money toward 3D-printing houses for the small town of Hamburg.

A new private-public partnership will pilot cloud computing courses at high schools in hopes of building a workforce talent pipeline through higher education and certifying 150 people by 2025.

Part of a $9.6 million federal grant will go to the private Catholic university in North Dakota to benefit online cybersecurity training, as well as employer-readiness training through the Workforce Development office.

An initiative in Connecticut aims to expand programs at colleges across the state in emerging and in-demand fields such as cybersecurity, virtual modeling, software development and digital analytics.

The private for-profit university will soon place more focus on IT-related training and certifications for women and students of color through a partnership with CompTIA Apprenticeships for Tech.

The Community College of Allegheny County and BNY Mellon are opening their Early College High School program to all the county's public high schools, including an IT program and virtual sessions for underclassmen.

Irvine International Academy, which aims to cultivate Mandarin bilingualism and also focuses on science, technology, engineering, arts and math skills, has put $77K toward new virtual reality tools from zSpace.

The University of Connecticut's Hartford and Stamford campuses will offer an in-person master's degree and a new graduate certificate in financial technology this fall, noting growing corporate demand.

The Nashville chapter of Blacks In Technology Foundation has launched a three-year pilot program with LocalTek and Tennessee State University to draw upperclassmen to tech fields such as data science and app development.

In collaboration with the workforce training company Upright Education, the private college's new CERTIFi program will coach students in software development and user experience/user interface (UX/UI) design.

Focused on autonomous vehicle research, the University of Maine's Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction Lab created a ride-hailing app that assists older adults and visually impaired passengers.

The NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars program challenged community college students to design a mission to the moon or Mars, including cost calculation, engineering work and studying the surface.

As part of a consortium of research facilities overseen by the U.S. Department of Energy, a new Regional Test Center will study technologies that can increase electrical generation from photovoltaic systems.