Technical Education

A part of a global initiative to teach coding to kids, 10 software engineers at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories worked in rotations to lead 230 Potlatch Elementary students in coding activities.

The Industry Recognized Credentials Grant Competition awarded eight high schools and community colleges across the state for programs designed to help students earn certificates, licenses, badges and other credentials.

Anchored by the University of Michigan, the 200,000-square-foot facility will begin construction in 2023 and consist of three buildings in the District Detroit, including a technology incubator and housing units.

With contributions from private-sector partners, the Connected Systems Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee gives students lab experience with emerging technologies in digital manufacturing.

Featuring an artificial factory environment with high-tech classrooms, the Center for Advanced Technologies will train students in skills such as machining, print reading, welding, and diagnostic and repair procedures.

As Minnesota works to incorporate computer science into every subject as part of a review of its standards, about 70 educators this week attended professional development at CS4DLH, or Computer Science for Duluth.

A partnership between the university and Beyond Protocol is working with alt rock band Cage the Elephant to test a “biometric suit” that monitors brain waves, heart rate and other vitals, hoping to study mental health.

The donation of new Ford vehicles to Mitchell Career & Technical Education Academy is exposing students to cutting-edge technology that might not otherwise be accessible to them due to cost or supply chain issues.

At Career Academies of Decatur in Alabama, students in Bob Grissim's drafting class are learning about renewable energies and vehicle assembly by building a custom green-energy car in exchange for college credit.

Backed by Gates' investment company Pivotal Ventures, the Gender Equality in Tech program will partner with Florida International University to direct female students in search of a major toward technology studies.

In partnership with Amazon Web Services, Washington public schools are launching a statewide effort to train 2,500 K-12 students in cloud computing and related subjects over the next three years.

With a contribution from DuPont, the state will use Discovery Education’s digital learning platform to build an interest in science, technology, engineering and math careers that are in high demand.

The New Mexico Institute for Mining and Technology has launched three new companies to develop and market new technologies, including low-cost water filtration, motion-powered wearable sensors and a new disinfectant.

A 36,000-gallon ocean and atmosphere simulator at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institute of Oceanography will allow researchers to study interactions between wind, waves and microbial life with unprecedented accuracy.

Funded in part by federal COVID-19 relief programs, the school’s 40,000-square-foot facility has 17 technical lab spaces where students will train in multiple disciplines and fields of the energy industry.

With a pair of $1 million state grants, Columbia State Community College in Tennessee will establish a mobile classroom for its emergency medical technician training program in partnership with Hickman County Schools.

Tennessee Tech University students brought lesson plans involving robots to Willow Brook Elementary School in Oak Ridge this week, learning teaching skills while sharing STEM technology with early grade levels.

Manchester School District in New Hampshire is co-funding an initiative from the National Collaborative for Digital Equity to deliver refurbished laptops to students and teach them about hardware, software and functions.