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Long time advocate and researcher of career and technical education.
Boston’s $12.8M Skilled-Trades Initiative Builds a Direct Pipeline From High School to Registered Apprenticeships
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Boston’s $12.8M Skilled-Trades Initiative Builds a Direct Pipeline From High School to Registered Apprenticeships

How a landmark Bloomberg Philanthropies investment is turning Madison Park into a citywide launchpad for family-sustaining trades careers Boston just landed the kind of investment that CTE directors across the…
Posted by Bob Young June 29, 2026
What Five Years of Career Pathways Work Taught Us About Making CTE Stick
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What Five Years of Career Pathways Work Taught Us About Making CTE Stick

The Hook Advance CTE just closed out a five-year, six-community initiative called the New Skills ready network, funded by JPMorgan Chase's $350 million New Skills at Work campaign. The final…
Posted by Bob Young June 25, 2026
Pennsylvania Community Colleges Build a Statewide Bridge Into Union Apprenticeships
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Pennsylvania Community Colleges Build a Statewide Bridge Into Union Apprenticeships

The Lead Pennsylvania just took one of the most consequential steps in years toward solving its skilled trades shortage. All 15 community colleges in the state, organized through the Pennsylvania…
Posted by Bob Young June 22, 2026
What Earlier Career Exploration Means for CTE Program Design
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What Earlier Career Exploration Means for CTE Program Design

The Hook Pennsylvania's push to move structured career exploration into the middle grades is more than a messaging change. It is a design challenge for CTE leaders. If students start…
Posted by Bob Young June 18, 2026
Pennsylvania Finally Tests Whether CTE Credentials Change Lives
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Pennsylvania Finally Tests Whether CTE Credentials Change Lives

The Lead Pennsylvania is about to run one of the most consequential CTE studies in the country: a long-term effort to track whether the credentials students earn in high school…
Posted by Bob Young June 15, 2026
Breaking Down Silos: How CTE Programs Can Connect Learning to Careers
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Breaking Down Silos: How CTE Programs Can Connect Learning to Careers

The Hook Walk into most high schools and you will find two parallel universes: the academic wing and the CTE wing. Students move between them, but the systems rarely connect.…
Posted by Bob Young June 11, 2026
How Philadelphia CTE Instructors Can Build Project-Based Learning Units That End in Industry Credentials
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How Philadelphia CTE Instructors Can Build Project-Based Learning Units That End in Industry Credentials

When HVAC students at a Philadelphia career and technical education center kept struggling with the EPA Section 608 refrigerant handling certification exam, their CTE instructor realized that the traditional lecture-and-quiz…
Posted by Bob Young June 9, 2026
National Apprenticeship Week 2026 Shifts to Spring — What It Means for Pennsylvania's CTE-to-Apprenticeship Pipeline
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National Apprenticeship Week 2026 Shifts to Spring — What It Means for Pennsylvania’s CTE-to-Apprenticeship Pipeline

For the first time since its inception in 2015, National Apprenticeship Week moved from its traditional November slot to a spring date in 2026, running April 26 through May 2…
Posted by Bob Young June 9, 2026
Ten Project-Based Learning Ideas That Build Real Credentials in Philadelphia CTE Programs
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Ten Project-Based Learning Ideas That Build Real Credentials in Philadelphia CTE Programs

A cosmetology student at a Philadelphia career and technical education center doesn't just practice on a mannequin head — she runs a functioning salon one day a week, taking real…
Posted by Bob Young June 9, 2026
PLTW Partners with CompTIA to Bring Security+ Certification into High School Cybersecurity Labs
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PLTW Partners with CompTIA to Bring Security+ Certification into High School Cybersecurity Labs

When students at Philadelphia's career and technical education cybersecurity programs log into their labs next fall, they could be working toward the same industry credential that employers use to screen…
Posted by Bob Young June 9, 2026

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