Technical Education

School districts in Portsmouth, Middletown and Newport, Rhode Island, each received a $500,000 grant that will go toward agricultural innovation studies, a biomedical program and professional development, respectively.

With nearly $150,000 from the National Science Foundation, a professor is testing the effects of high temperatures and torsional fatigue on nickel alloys that might be 3D printed to build lighter, cheaper engines.

A donation from the chemical company has afforded EastSide Charter School in Wilmington a new workspace for its APEX Honors Program, including robotics, coding, 3D-printing and a new science laboratory.

The Ohio college is offering courses to create more licensed drone operators, given the use of drones by so many industries from emergency services to real estate agents, videographers, agriculture and construction.

The Missouri college's program, which trains students to prepare sterile instruments for surgery, was formerly administered by the Columbia Area Career Center before regulations mandated a two-year credential.

A new $3.6 million welding facility at Berks Career and Technology Center, which has campuses in Bern and Oley townships, Pennsylvania, is training students who report having no trouble finding work.

Dubbed Lonestar6, a new supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center at UT Austin will help researchers design patient-specific cancer treatments, see deeper into space and make more accurate climate forecasts.

With new funding from the National Science Foundation, a collaboration between the university and five others will continue its work integrating cutting-edge microscopes with advanced algorithms and big data.

The educational nonprofit and outdoor learning site in Indianapolis hosts kindergarten to fifth-graders, but it also offers professional development for teachers and training for older students to become mentors.

Starting in fall 2022, the university will offer a 15-credit minor in esports, or competitive video games, learning about their history and ethics, regulatory and cultural issues, and business and marketing.

A new study by the nonprofit Code.org found that just over half of U.S. high schools offer computer science classes, but Black, Latino and Native American students are more likely to attend a school that doesn't.

A three-year, $2.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense will support the university’s Rural Education Center and associated programs that encourage middle and high schoolers to pursue STEM careers.

Housed in an old Verizon training center that has been retrofitted into a school, the New England Innovation Academy in Marlborough immerses students in technical projects that relate to real-world design principles.

During a visit from U.S. Rep. Sean Casten and FAA administrator Rebecca MacPherson, Harper College students and professors showed off the school's drone program and discussed the industry's rising importance.

An annual conference hosted by the university, which offers classes in game programming and game arts, the Shawnee Game Conference draws game developers, students and industry leaders from around the country.

Funded by a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation, Tennessee nonprofits CodeCrew and CSforALL will organize training for qualified instructors to teach new computer science courses throughout the state.

The West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission will recognize robotics as a sanctioned activity, providing a framework for competitions and the opportunity for students to receive a varsity letter in robotics.

Part of a $50 million cash gift from Robert and Donna Manning, $18 million will go toward expanding the university's Amherst College of Information and Computer Sciences, along with $75 million from the state.