ALAS Summit on Hispanic Education, October 10-13, Miami, Fla.
Monday, October 8, 2012Association of Latino Administrators and SuperintendentsFrom global competition and school funding to accountability and leadership, the waves of change impacting education are...
View ArticleKentucky High School Suspends Aviation Program
Monday, November 5, 2012WNCT-On Your SideAn aviation maintenance program at a high school in Louisville has been temporarily suspended after a Federal Aviation Administration inspection found...
View ArticleAlbuquerque (NM) Charter School Teaches Kids to Fly Planes
Tuesday, November 6, 2012KRQE News13Its official title is the Southwest Aeronautics, Mathematics, and Science Academy, or better known at SAMS. From the outside, it's like any other school, but inside...
View ArticleW.Va. School Board Votes to Fire State Superintendent
Friday, November 16, 2012The Charleston GazzetteThe West Virginia Board of Education voted to terminate State Superintendent of Schools Jorea Marple during a routine board meeting in a 5-2 vote.Read...
View ArticleVocational Classes Taking Off in Texas Schools
Tuesday, November 20, 2012Galveston Daily NewsForget about humdrum “voc.” classes.These days, audio-video production, biotechnology and robotics ride alongside cosmetology and welding in fast-track...
View ArticleFla. Education Chief Defends Teacher Evaluations
Friday, December 7, 2012Connecticut Post | Associated PressFlorida's interim education commissioner told worried lawmakers on Thursday that glitches in the first release of scores under the state's new...
View ArticleMaryland Announces State's High School Tech Ed Teacher of the Year
Wednesday, January 9, 2013Westminster PatchEach year, a high school technology education teacher in the state of Maryland who best demonstrates excellence in technology education is awarded the High...
View ArticleThe School 2.0 Bandwidth Calculator
Wednesday, January 9, 2013Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)The Bandwidth Planner was created by the U.S. Department of Education. It aims to help school principals and district CTOs plan their...
View ArticleThe High-Tech Return of High School Shop Class
Friday, March 1, 2013CNNYou can almost hear the old shop teacher asking - so, how is this going to work?In his State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama talked about redesigning schools for a...
View ArticleMissouri Students Celebrate National High School Technology Day
Wednesday, March 6, 2013FourStatesHomePage.comCarthage (Mo.) R-9 School District students went to work on Feb. 28th as part of Hacemos' National High School Technology Day. They spent the day job...
View ArticleTech firms call for mandatory computer classes in Massachusetts
Wednesday, June 12, 2013The Boston GlobeExecutives from Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., and other leading firms want to require all Massachusetts public schools to teach computer science, so local tech...
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C-TECH will have life-changing impact in Minnesota
Wednesday, July 3, 2013Post-BulletinSince the announcement of the Destination Medical Center initiative in January, there has been plenty of talk and even some controversy regarding the $20 million...
View ArticlePa. publishes school report card, including online and vo-tech schools
Wednesday, October 9, 2013The Patriot-NewsEvaluationVocationalCharter Schoolsassessmentcharter schoolscyber learningonlineThe state Department of Education has released the Pennsylvania School...
View ArticleBusiness partnership teaches high schoolers tech skills
Wednesday, October 9, 2013The TennesseanVocationalDistrict CIOcareerstechnologyvocationalArea manufacturing representatives are happy local schools are helping build a pool of future workers with...
View ArticleCareer tech shifts into higher gear
Wednesday, November 6, 2013VocationalDistrict CIOtechnologyWhen career tech students in 21 West Virginia districts returned to school this fall, they didn’t head to classrooms. They went to...
View ArticleWhat's become of Philadelphia's comprehensive high schools?
Monday, January 27, 2014The NotebookCollege & CareerVocationalA rough-and-tumble kid came to eat lunch in my nurse’s office recently, having spent an upsetting morning with some of his classmates....
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A stop to voc-ed teacher turnover
Districts of DistinctionRon SchachterDistrict Administration, November 2014District: Colton-Redlands-Yucaipa Regional Occupational ProgramProgram category: Professional developmentState:...
View ArticleCareer technical education provides alternate path to success
How educators can empower teens to make smart education and career choicesJanice M. TkaczykDistrict Administration, June 2015In today’s education landscape, it’s common for teachers, school counselors...
View ArticleImproving Literacy from a Different Angle
Career and technical leaders have made reading and writing skills a top priority.Alisha HyslopDistrict Administration, May 2010At its most fundamental level, literacy represents the ability to read,...
View ArticleCareer-Oriented Curriculum Delivers Critical Skills
An increasing number of students are finding themselves mingling among professionals with internships in local businesses—the culmination of a work-based learning curriculum.Marion HerbertDistrict...
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