Technical Education

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.

The nonprofit Per Scholas, which provides tuition-free training and workforce development for careers in information technology, is offering a new program at a Jewish community center in Staten Island.

Studying ways to improve student math scores, particularly for non-white students, the nonprofit College Bridge found some Black and Latino students benefited from receiving lessons online as opposed to in person.

A cooperative program between several schools at the university's campus hosted students from Troy and Hudson high schools last week to get hands-on lessons in technology used for homeland security.

A renovated section of Northeast Early College High School in Austin will support an early college program in information technology, providing students with free classes and the chance to specialize in cybersecurity.

A new partnership between USC Aiken and SANS Technology Institute will allow students to get hands-on training and four industry-recognized certifications while completing a bachelor's degree in cybersecurity.

Middle school students in Bastrop, Texas are getting hands-on experience with computer-aided design, 3-D printers and other tools involved in STEM careers through a curriculum from the nonprofit Project Lead The Way.

During a visit from Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito as part of Massachusetts STEM week, fifth graders at Pingree Elementary School participated in the Amazon Cyber Robotics Challenge, in which they practiced coding.

The virtual reality company Vinci VR gave vocational students a simulation of what it’s like to work on an offshore wind turbine, as the state’s clean-energy projects anticipate needing hundreds or thousands of workers.

The two-year college in Georgia has delayed the announcement of a new training program with one of the world's largest tech companies, while it also plans new campuses and programs focused on workforce development.

Neosho School District intends to buy the four-story Haas building in downtown Neosho, Mo., and convert it into a new project-based school focusing on science, technology, engineering, arts and math.

Japan’s largest tech school intends to share its research, support new startups, promote student exchange programs and generally foster international collaboration with a new site in the Bay Area.

A new $20 million, 40,000 square-foot facility in Naperville, Ill. has large touchscreens, simulated rooms, ultrasound devices and other high-tech equipment for medical and engineering students.

NASA livestreamed presentations from professionals in STEM fields for its annual event, which usually hosts middle schoolers from around the country at Interstate 79 High Technology Park in West Virginia.