Skip to content
Philly CTE

Career and Technical Education news, resources, and opportunities for Philadelphia students, teachers, and families.

  • Home
  • Compass App
  • CTE News
    • PA CTE News
    • Philly CTE News
    • National CTE News
    • Industry News
    • Legislative News
  • CTE Resources
    • For Parents
    • PA CTE Resources
    • CTE Programming
    • CTSOs
    • Educational Resources
    • Work Based Learning
    • Phila CTE Programs
  • About
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Us
    • Cookie Policy
    • Terms of Service
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
Subscribe

Posts by Bob Young

  • Home
  • Bob Young
  • Page 8
About Bob Young
Long time advocate and researcher of career and technical education.
PA CTE Programs Prove Project-Based Learning Builds Employer-Ready Skills
Posted inEducational Resources

PA CTE Programs Prove Project-Based Learning Builds Employer-Ready Skills

Category: CTE Programming | Published by: PhillyCTE | Date: April 13, 2026 --- When students in the masonry program at Lehigh Career and Technical Institute (LCTI) got the assignment to…
Posted by Bob Young April 13, 2026
What Effective Philadelphia CTE Instructors Do Differently: Industry Partnerships and Hands-On Outcomes
Posted inEducational Resources

What Effective Philadelphia CTE Instructors Do Differently: Industry Partnerships and Hands-On Outcomes

Category: Educational Resources | Published by: PhillyCTE | Date: April 13, 2026 --- Jennifer Morales didn't wait for her students' Restaurant Trades capstone project to connect them to real employers.…
Posted by Bob Young April 13, 2026
Differentiated Instruction in the CTE Lab: Six Strategies That Actually Work
Posted inEducational Resources

Differentiated Instruction in the CTE Lab: Six Strategies That Actually Work

Category: Educational Resources | Published by: PhillyCTE | Date: April 13, 2026 --- When HVAC pre-apprentices at a Philadelphia career academy started burning through the Section 608 refrigerant certification exam…
Posted by Bob Young April 13, 2026
From Demonstration to Domination: How Gradual Release Builds CTE Shop Competency
Posted inEducational Resources

From Demonstration to Domination: How Gradual Release Builds CTE Shop Competency

Gradual Release of Responsibility — the "I Do, We Do, You Do" framework — isn't just a general-education teaching strategy. In a CTE welding bay, automotive shop, or carpentry lab,…
Posted by Bob Young April 13, 2026
Shapiro Administration’s $10.35 Million PAsmart Grant Expands CTE Access Across Pennsylvania
Posted inCTE News Legislative News National CTE News

Shapiro Administration’s $10.35 Million PAsmart Grant Expands CTE Access Across Pennsylvania

Governor Josh Shapiro wants Pennsylvania to graduate students who can do something specific. On April 10, the Shapiro administration announced $10.35 million in PAsmart Advancing Grants for Career and Technical…
Posted by Bob Young April 11, 2026
Philadelphia Schools Push Career Credentials to Meet Graduation Rules — Raising Quality Questions
Posted inCTE News Legislative News National CTE News

Philadelphia Schools Push Career Credentials to Meet Graduation Rules — Raising Quality Questions

Pennsylvania's Class of 2026 can check a box. That box — an industry-recognized credential — is one of several pathways students may use to satisfy the state's graduation requirements instead…
Posted by Bob Young April 11, 2026
The Digital Resume Is Replacing the Four-Year Degree
Posted inCTE News Legislative News National CTE News

The Digital Resume Is Replacing the Four-Year Degree

How Stacked CTE Credentials Are Winning the Labor Market Argument The credential conversation in CTE has undergone a fundamental shift. Five years ago, the question was whether industry certifications were…
Posted by Bob Young April 10, 2026
$209 Million and Counting
Posted inCTE News Legislative News National CTE News

$209 Million and Counting

What Federal CTE Investment Actually Buys in 2026 — and What It Doesn't When Congress passed full-year FY2026 funding with Perkins V fully funded at $209 million, the announcement landed…
Posted by Bob Young April 10, 2026
The Test That Actually Teaches
Posted inCTE News Legislative News National CTE News

The Test That Actually Teaches

How Adaptive Assessment Is Rewriting CTE's Accountability Story For years, CTE assessment meant one of two things: a multiple-choice final exam designed more for administrative convenience than skill validation, or…
Posted by Bob Young April 10, 2026
Philadelphia’s CTE Teacher Crisis
Posted inCTE News Legislative News National CTE News

Philadelphia’s CTE Teacher Crisis

2,000 Seats, Not Enough Instructors — and One City's Bold Pipeline Fix Philadelphia is projecting 2,000 teacher vacancies for the 2026–27 school year. Across all subjects, in every neighborhood, in…
Posted by Bob Young April 10, 2026

Posts pagination

Previous page 1 … 6 7 8 9 10 … 12 Next page

Recent Posts

  • Replace re-reading with recall to make CTE technical knowledge stick
  • Pennsylvania now lets CTE students test for credentials before senior year
  • Teach the Skill, Don’t Just Show It: Peyton’s 4-Step Approach for Novice CTE Learners
  • States Are Building the Governance Scaffolding for Youth Apprenticeship — and CTE Is the On-Ramp
  • Competency-Based Grading in the CTE Lab: How to Grade Hands-On Skills Instead of Seat Time

Categories

  • CTE Curriculum
  • CTE News
  • CTE Programming
  • CTE Resources
  • CTSOs
  • Educational Resources
  • For Parents
  • Instruction
  • Legislative News
  • National CTE News
  • Opportunities
  • PA CTE News
  • PA CTE Resources
  • Philly CTE News
  • Uncategorized

PhillyCTE
Fort Washington, PA
19034

  • About
  • Privacy Policy
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Mail
Copyright 2026 — Philly CTE. All rights reserved.
Scroll to Top