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Long time advocate and researcher of career and technical education.
Before You Buy a Single Piece of Equipment: How Philadelphia CTE Programs Get Launch-Ready
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Before You Buy a Single Piece of Equipment: How Philadelphia CTE Programs Get Launch-Ready

When Philadelphia's School District greenlit a new advanced manufacturing pathway at Randolph Career Academy, administrators didn't start by shopping for CNC machines. They started with a question: What do local…
Posted by Bob Young June 9, 2026
Iowa Shows What Scale Looks Like: 70% of High Schoolers Now in CTE
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Iowa Shows What Scale Looks Like: 70% of High Schoolers Now in CTE

The Lead Nearly 70% of Iowa high school students — more than 107,000 teenagers — participated in career and technical education during the 2024-25 school year, according to a new…
Posted by Bob Young June 8, 2026
How to Validate CTE Skills With Authentic Performance Assessment
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How to Validate CTE Skills With Authentic Performance Assessment

The Problem CTE programs exist to prepare students for careers that require hands-on skills — welding a joint to code, diagnosing an engine fault, preparing a restaurant-quality dish, reading a…
Posted by Bob Young June 4, 2026
Governors Double Down on CTE: Rhode Island Proposes First $50M Workforce Bond
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Governors Double Down on CTE: Rhode Island Proposes First $50M Workforce Bond

The Lead Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee has proposed a $50 million bond referendum — the state's first bond dedicated specifically to career and technical education — to fund new…
Posted by Bob Young June 1, 2026
How to Build an Industry Advisory Board That Actually Shapes Your CTE Program
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How to Build an Industry Advisory Board That Actually Shapes Your CTE Program

Most CTE programs have an industry advisory board on paper. Far fewer have one that meaningfully shapes curriculum, opens doors for students, and holds the program accountable for producing graduates…
Posted by Bob Young May 28, 2026
Manufacturing CTE Enrollment Surges 22 Percent as Reshoring Drives Demand for Trades Graduates
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Manufacturing CTE Enrollment Surges 22 Percent as Reshoring Drives Demand for Trades Graduates

Manufacturing-focused career and technical education programs reported a 22 percent increase in enrollment nationwide during the 2025-2026 academic year, according to data compiled by the National Center for Education Statistics…
Posted by Bob Young May 25, 2026
Building Industry Partnerships That Outlast Grant Cycles: A Playbook for Sustainable Work-Based Learning
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Building Industry Partnerships That Outlast Grant Cycles: A Playbook for Sustainable Work-Based Learning

The cancellation of 19 federal Career-Connected High Schools grants in 2025—$48.6 million in expected funding evaporated overnight—taught CTE programs a hard lesson. Grants launch partnerships. They don't sustain them. When…
Posted by Bob Young May 21, 2026
Pennsylvania's $65 Million CTE Investment Is Reshaping How Pittsburgh Students Enter the Workforce
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Pennsylvania’s $65 Million CTE Investment Is Reshaping How Pittsburgh Students Enter the Workforce

When ninth graders at Penn Hills High School walk into the PHorge Robotics lab, they are not sitting through a lecture on theoretical engineering concepts. They are earning an industry…
Posted by Bob Young May 19, 2026
Feds Merge Workforce and CTE Planning for the First Time: 17 States Already On Board
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Feds Merge Workforce and CTE Planning for the First Time: 17 States Already On Board

The U.S. Departments of Education and Labor announced a significant policy shift on May 13, 2026, that will change how states plan and fund career technical education. For the first…
Posted by Bob Young May 18, 2026
Building Stackable Certification Pathways: A Four-Year Framework That Actually Works
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Building Stackable Certification Pathways: A Four-Year Framework That Actually Works

Here's the problem with the way most CTE programs handle industry certifications: they treat them as a senior-year event. Students spend three and a half years building skills in a…
Posted by Bob Young May 14, 2026

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