Free Cybersecurity Curriculum Targets High School CTE Skills Gap
A new free, two-year cybersecurity curriculum is giving U.S. high schools another option for building career and technical education pathways
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NSF Invests $290M in Quantum Research—and the Next STEM Workforce
The quantum workforce is beginning to move from a specialized research concern into a broader STEM education and workforce-development challenge.
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Ohio Industry Credentials List
Attainment of industry-recognized credentials has soared across Ohio. Just 2.3 percent of students in the graduating class of 2014 earned
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14-Year Community College Study Finds More Degrees—but No Clear Earnings Gain
A landmark community college program succeeded at something higher education has struggled to accomplish for decades: getting substantially more students
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CTE Is Nearly Everywhere. The Career Connection Still Has Gaps.
Career and technical education has become a mainstream part of the American high school experience. But new national data suggests
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Pennsylvania’s New Heavy-Highway CTE Grants Include a $3M Bet on Student Completion
Pennsylvania is making $12 million available to schools, career and technical centers, colleges and other educational institutions to build or
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Wharton Model Says Uncapping STEM Green Cards Could Raise U.S. Output 4%
Published August 11, 2026. TechEd Magazine reviewed the Penn Wharton Budget Model analysis and underlying working paper, National Science Foundation
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Illinois Just Made CTE an Alternative to Foreign Language for High School Graduation
Illinois has enacted a significant change to its high school graduation framework that could elevate career and technical education from
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$100 Million Critical Minerals Plan Pulls CTE Into the U.S. Supply Chain
A $100 million federal critical-minerals workforce announcement released Friday contains a much larger technical-education story than its headline suggests. The
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NSF Opens $100 Million AI Infrastructure Hub Competition — and Community Colleges Are Eligible
The National Science Foundation is moving artificial intelligence infrastructure beyond a handful of elite research institutions and toward a state-by-state
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