Technical Education

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.

Gearing up for the VEX Robotics World Championships this summer, elementary students are building and programming robots to lift, throw and move balls into baskets to out-score opponents in 60-second matches.

The MIT Sloan School of Management’s new program intends to equip students for a fast-evolving field, training them to make optimal use of emerging technologies to understand customers and launch successful products.

A legislative bill that recently passed the Education Committee would integrate computer science into elementary and middle school curriculums and require five credit hours for high school graduation.

A senior at Rancho Cotate High School in Rohnert Park turned a love of computers into a generous hobby, repairing thousands of dollars worth of school devices because he enjoys it and it reduces e-waste.

The school was recognized by the College Board for increasing the number of girls taking high-level computer classes, which the teacher did in part by incorporating media, music and fashion into coding lessons.

Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School’s program will cover auto body collision repair, carpentry, culinary, electrical, machine technology, masonry, metal fabrication/welding, and HVAC.

Researchers from the Colorado School of Mines, Missouri University of Science and Technology and Auburn University will develop construction technology and electronics for long-term colonies on the moon.

Nanoengineers at the university have created a prototype shirt that collects sweat to power triboelectric generators, which in turn make energy that the shirt can store and discharge to power small electronics.

The U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board found that UC Berkeley's research into using CRISPR technology to alter genetic material was distinct because it involved DNA in bacteria as opposed to eukaryotic cells.

The Connecticut-based robotic telescope company has announced a more classroom-friendly version of its online tool for students, expanding access to its network of telescopes for hands-on astronomy lessons.