Educational Resources

Every CTE instructor knows the ritual: once a year, round up a few employer contacts, order sandwiches, hold a meeting, check the Perkins V compliance box, and file the minutes.…

State cell phone restrictions are sweeping the nation — but CTE labs and shops need a different conversation --- When a construction trades student pulls out a smartphone to scan…

How state-level AI guidance could reshape career and technical education labs — and what Pennsylvania can learn --- When HVAC students at a Florida career academy use AI-powered diagnostic tools…

The spaces where CTE students learn shape what they can actually do. A welding bay without proper ventilation limits what students can practice. A health sciences room without simulation space…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…