STEM Lab Funding
STEM lab funding is not just a purchasing problem. It is a program-design problem that connects curriculum, safety, facilities, teacher
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Chandra Dhopatkar
Middle School STEM Curriculum
A middle school STEM curriculum is not simply a collection of science labs, coding apps, robotics kits, or engineering challenges.
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The Digital Mise en Place: Why Culinary Education Must Teach Food Traceability
Culinary food traceability is becoming an essential workforce skill as professional kitchens rely increasingly on digital supplier records, inventory systems,
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The Return of Industrial Policy Is Reshaping Career and Technical Education
Industrial policy and CTE are becoming increasingly connected as government investment helps determine which industries, technologies, and workforce capabilities the
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The Great Equipment Gap: Why New Labs Don’t Automatically Create Workforce Readiness
Across the United States, schools, career centers, community colleges, and workforce organizations are investing in robotics cells, CNC machines, welding
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The Federal CTE Civil Rights Review Is Gone. Access Is Now a Leadership Test.
The federal CTE civil rights review system has ended, but schools and colleges remain responsible for ensuring meaningful and nondiscriminatory
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America’s Skills Gap Has a Multiplier: Missing CTE Instructors
The CTE instructor shortage is multiplying America’s broader skills gap by reducing the number of students who can enter and
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The Data Center Boom Is Becoming a CTE Capacity Test
America’s data-center expansion is usually described through investment totals, computing capacity, artificial intelligence, electricity demand, and the race to build
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Apprenticeship Funding Is Shifting From Enrollment to Results
For years, apprenticeship expansion has been measured largely through activity: new programs registered, employers recruited, participants enrolled, and grant dollars
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Semiconductor Education Is Becoming National Infrastructure
The United States has spent the past several years announcing semiconductor fabs, research centers, supply-chain investments, tax incentives, and new
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