Legislative News

Why 2026 Is the Year of Authentic Skill Assessment in Career and Technical Education Walk into a high school CTE classroom in 2026 and you might notice something different. The…

Why Pennsylvania Rewrote Its Career Readiness Blueprint Career education standards in Pennsylvania had been standing still for over a decade. The original Career Education and Work (CEW) Standards, adopted by…

The Gap That Closed a Generation of Talent Philadelphia has a workforce problem hiding in plain sight. While the city celebrates apprenticeship sign-ups, CTE program enrollments, and labor market recovery…

Manufacturing PA Training-to-Career Grants Hit $15.1 Million Under Shapiro Governor Josh Shapiro's early 2026 announcement of $3.3 million in Manufacturing PA Training-to-Career (MTTC) grants didn't come out of nowhere. It's…

A Defense Employer Steps Up as Sponsor, Not Just Advisor When DeVal Life Cycle Support agreed to sponsor WeldWorks Philly, the defense-industrial employer did something that most companies in the…

A Community College Bets Big on Technology Training On December 18, 2025, Lackawanna College broke ground on a 17,500-square-foot Center for Technology Innovation (CTI) in Scranton, Pennsylvania, with plans to…

Construction Employers Meet CTE Students Where They Learn On March 24, 2026, the General Building Contractors Association (GBCA) joined the City of Philadelphia's CTE Career Fair at Drexel University's School…

Pennsylvania is making a calculated bet on an idea that sounds obvious but has been stubbornly hard to implement at scale: if you tell students about career and technical pathways…

Pennsylvania's high schools award thousands of industry credentials every year. What we don't know — with any real rigor — is whether those credentials actually change students' lives. A new…

Free Training, Guaranteed Audience: How Philadelphia Is Rethinking Public-Sector Hiring When the City College for Municipal Employment launched under Mayor Cherelle Parker, it answered a question that workforce developers have…