CTE News

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…

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…

When Governor Maura Healey stood inside Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School in Marlborough on April 30 and announced more than $70 million in Career Technical Education capital grants to…

The News: A Good Month and a Bad Month for CTE, Simultaneously February 2026 was declared National Career and Technical Education Month by the U.S. Department of Education. The same…

The News: Career Exploration Starts in Fifth Grade Now In spring 2026, Pennsylvania's education policy shifted in a way that hasn't gotten enough attention in Philadelphia. The Shapiro administration's CTE…

Congress passed full-year FY26 funding. The Perkins V allocation survived. Pennsylvania's governor is directing new money toward career and technical education. And Philadelphia's CTE programs—the largest urban system in the…

In May 2025, a cohort of Philadelphia high school seniors completed their CTE programs and did something that would have been unusual a decade ago: they walked off the graduation…

The money is flowing. Federal CTE investment hit $1.4 billion in FY2026, and Pennsylvania's Shapiro Administration has increased state CTE funding by nearly 50%. The question isn't whether the investment…