Technical Education

A research scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, who started the nonprofit Itkan Institute of Technology, has formed four student-led robotics teams in North Texas in hopes of encouraging interest in STEM.

The Washington, D.C., academy was founded with a focus on computer science education and equitable access to technology, achieving a 50-50 boys-to-girls ratio in computer science before the disruptions of COVID-19.

Engineers at the university's Homewood campus in Baltimore are working on a robotically assisted surgical device that would make the delicate work of suturing more consistent, potentially minimizing complications.

A volumetric motion capture studio at the NSU Broward Center of Innovation will create 360-degree images of environments, such as a crime scene or a surgery patient's body, to train students for real-world situations.

The University Consortium Research Opportunity partnership will increase collaboration between the U.S. Space Force, Air Force and universities for research into various aspects of space, physics and related technology.

The University of South Carolina's Pacer Center for Excellence in Business Research and Entrepreneurship will be a training hub with expertise in data mining, business analytics, cybersecurity and other subjects.

An editorial co-written by the mayor of Miami and a former governor of Florida praises work by the city and Miami Dade College to launch a tech-focused charter school amid the burgeoning tech industry there.

New Hampshire education officials have approved Uptime Esports as a new Learn Everywhere program, offering lessons focused around competitive gaming, coding, engineering, game design and computer building.

With word-of-mouth among students fueling growing enrollment in a STEM lab at Chamberlain Middle and High School, Chamberlain School District is planning one for elementary students by 2024.

Set to open in fall 2025, the college will have programs for general, electrical and mechanical engineering to meet an anticipated need for engineers in the area, with a focus on recruiting women and people of color.

Enrollment in the state's 21 county-vocational schools has jumped 41 percent since 2000, and that trend is expected to continue with $275 million in additional funding this summer to expand career training programs.

The state is investing $2.7 million in STEM programming at Kalamazoo RESA, Grand Valley State University and Washtenaw Intermediate School District, the state announced this week.

Advanced students at Hazelwood Middle School in Indiana worked with a former astronaut and the nonprofit Higher Orbits to design experiments, one of which was chosen to be launched to the International Space Station.

A new associate’s degree program at Pennsylvania Highlands Community College will teach students line maintenance and construction aspects of electrical utility work, preparing them for jobs working on power lines.

A Digital Education Grant for the Georgia 4-H Tech Changemakers program in Catoosa County will equip the local senior center with a technology lab in which 4-H students will teach digital literacy skills to older adults.

The U.S. Department of Education has detailed many ways that states are using American Rescue Plan funds to make up for lost instructional time, create new CTE and summer programs, and incentivize work-based learning.

To enhance K-6 learning in science, technology, engineering and math, Modesto City Schools have a new technology curriculum that covers Google Workspace products, computer programming and digital citizenship.

Bakersfield students created CLUTCH Driving, a wallet-sized card with a QR code that links to instructions about fixing a flat tire, steps to take after an accident, filing an insurance claim and other information.