Energy

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Technical Education Post featuring students and instructors in a modern technical education and advanced manufacturing lab

$100 Million Critical Minerals Plan Pulls CTE Into the U.S. Supply Chain

August 10, 2026 | By Chandra Dhopatkar

A $100 million federal critical-minerals workforce announcement released Friday contains a much larger technical-education story than its headline suggests. The

Technical Education Post editorial illustration showing students training in advanced manufacturing, robotics, welding, semiconductors, energy, AI infrastructure, and shipbuilding, representing how industrial policy is reshaping Career and Technical Education and workforce development.

The Return of Industrial Policy Is Reshaping Career and Technical Education

August 2, 2026 | By Chandra Dhopatkar

Industrial policy and CTE are becoming increasingly connected as government investment helps determine which industries, technologies, and workforce capabilities the

The Data Center Boom Is Becoming a CTE Capacity Test

August 2, 2026 | By Chandra Dhopatkar

America’s data-center expansion is usually described through investment totals, computing capacity, artificial intelligence, electricity demand, and the race to build

NuScale Energy Exploration Center

June 18, 2026 | By Industry Source

NuScale’s 12th training center delivers hands-on nuclear simulation technology to prepare the next generation of clean-energy professionals Corvallis, Ore. –

$50Million for Nuclear Energy Education

April 9, 2026 | By Industry Source

The Department of Energy is making a $50 million dollar investment in nuclea energy education in the Great Lakes region.

NextEra Energy STEM Program

March 26, 2026 | By Industry Source

NextEra Energy, an energy infrastructure company, has awarded McCamey Independent School District $50,000 to enhance STEM education programs. The award