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Walk-Through Ready: A CTE Lab and Shop Safety Checklist Instructors Can Run Before Students Return
July 19, 2026
Perkins Authority Moved to Labor Department; Congress Wants to Make It Permanent
July 19, 2026
Building CTE Industry Advisory Committees That Actually Work: A Practical Guide for Instructors
Building CTE Industry Advisory Committees That Actually Work: A Practical Guide for Instructors
July 13, 2026
California's CTE Funding Formula Leaves $115 Million Unspent While Programs Cut
California’s CTE Funding Formula Leaves $115 Million Unspent While Programs Cut
July 13, 2026
CTE's National Moment: Why Project-Based Learning Is the Bridge to Industry Credentials
CTE’s National Moment: Why Project-Based Learning Is the Bridge to Industry Credentials
July 13, 2026
AI Meets the Shop Floor: Navigating AI Integration in Career and Technical Education
AI Meets the Shop Floor: Navigating AI Integration in Career and Technical Education
July 13, 2026
Global Competence in CTE: Why Philadelphia Students Need the World in Their Toolkit
Global Competence in CTE: Why Philadelphia Students Need the World in Their Toolkit
July 13, 2026
What PA CTE Programs Should Know as States Crack Down on Cell Phones in Schools
What PA CTE Programs Should Know as States Crack Down on Cell Phones in Schools
July 13, 2026
Philly CTE in the Crossfire as Trump Shifts Career-Tech Oversight to Labor
Philly CTE in the Crossfire as Trump Shifts Career-Tech Oversight to Labor
July 13, 2026
PaTTAN's New AI Toolkit Maps How Every CTE Pathway Will Change in Pennsylvania
PaTTAN’s New AI Toolkit Maps How Every CTE Pathway Will Change in Pennsylvania
July 13, 2026
DOL's 30-Day Apprenticeship Approvals Reshape Philadelphia's Trades Pipeline
DOL’s 30-Day Apprenticeship Approvals Reshape Philadelphia’s Trades Pipeline
July 13, 2026
Florida's AI Task Force Offers a Blueprint for CTE Programs Nationwide
Florida’s AI Task Force Offers a Blueprint for CTE Programs Nationwide
July 9, 2026
Cell Phone Bans Meet CTE: Why One-Size-Fits-All Device Policies Miss the Lab
Cell Phone Bans Meet CTE: Why One-Size-Fits-All Device Policies Miss the Lab
July 9, 2026
What Makes an Effective CTE Lab? Facility Design Principles That Support Hands-On Skill Building
July 9, 2026
California CTE Students Earn Union Cards and AWS Certifications Through Summer Trades Program
July 6, 2026
Boston’s $12.8M Skilled-Trades Initiative Builds a Direct Pipeline From High School to Registered Apprenticeships
June 29, 2026
What Five Years of Career Pathways Work Taught Us About Making CTE Stick
What Five Years of Career Pathways Work Taught Us About Making CTE Stick
June 25, 2026
Pennsylvania Community Colleges Build a Statewide Bridge Into Union Apprenticeships
Pennsylvania Community Colleges Build a Statewide Bridge Into Union Apprenticeships
June 22, 2026
What Earlier Career Exploration Means for CTE Program Design
What Earlier Career Exploration Means for CTE Program Design
June 18, 2026
Pennsylvania Finally Tests Whether CTE Credentials Change Lives
Pennsylvania Finally Tests Whether CTE Credentials Change Lives
June 15, 2026
Breaking Down Silos: How CTE Programs Can Connect Learning to Careers
June 11, 2026
Before You Buy a Single Piece of Equipment: How Philadelphia CTE Programs Get Launch-Ready
Before You Buy a Single Piece of Equipment: How Philadelphia CTE Programs Get Launch-Ready
June 9, 2026
PLTW Partners with CompTIA to Bring Security+ Certification into High School Cybersecurity Labs
PLTW Partners with CompTIA to Bring Security+ Certification into High School Cybersecurity Labs
June 9, 2026
Ten Project-Based Learning Ideas That Build Real Credentials in Philadelphia CTE Programs
Ten Project-Based Learning Ideas That Build Real Credentials in Philadelphia CTE Programs
June 9, 2026
National Apprenticeship Week 2026 Shifts to Spring — What It Means for Pennsylvania's CTE-to-Apprenticeship Pipeline
National Apprenticeship Week 2026 Shifts to Spring — What It Means for Pennsylvania’s CTE-to-Apprenticeship Pipeline
June 9, 2026
How Philadelphia CTE Instructors Can Build Project-Based Learning Units That End in Industry Credentials
How Philadelphia CTE Instructors Can Build Project-Based Learning Units That End in Industry Credentials
June 9, 2026
Iowa Shows What Scale Looks Like: 70% of High Schoolers Now in CTE
June 8, 2026
How to Validate CTE Skills With Authentic Performance Assessment
June 4, 2026
Governors Double Down on CTE: Rhode Island Proposes First $50M Workforce Bond
June 1, 2026
How to Build an Industry Advisory Board That Actually Shapes Your CTE Program
May 28, 2026
Manufacturing CTE Enrollment Surges 22 Percent as Reshoring Drives Demand for Trades Graduates
May 25, 2026
Building Industry Partnerships That Outlast Grant Cycles: A Playbook for Sustainable Work-Based Learning
May 21, 2026
Pennsylvania's $65 Million CTE Investment Is Reshaping How Pittsburgh Students Enter the Workforce
Pennsylvania’s $65 Million CTE Investment Is Reshaping How Pittsburgh Students Enter the Workforce
May 19, 2026
Feds Merge Workforce and CTE Planning for the First Time: 17 States Already On Board
May 18, 2026
Building Stackable Certification Pathways: A Four-Year Framework That Actually Works
May 14, 2026
Massachusetts Drops $70 Million on CTE: 2,500 New Seats Signal a National Playbook
May 11, 2026
PLTW STEM to CTE Pathway
How PLTW’s STEM-to-CTE Pipeline Is Reshaping Career Readiness — and What Philadelphia Can Learn
May 7, 2026
Project-Based Blended Learning for CTE
Project-Based Blended Learning for CTE: A Framework You Can Deploy Monday Morning
May 7, 2026
Perkins V FY26 Funding Guidance
Congress Finalizes FY26 Funding as OCTAE Rolls Out New Perkins V State Plan Guidance
May 4, 2026
NCCER Credentials Overview
NCCER Credentials: What They Are, Who Developed Them, What They Cost, and Where They Lead
May 1, 2026
CTE Funding Whiplash: Grants Canceled, Perkins Reauthorized — What Philadelphia Keeps
CTE Funding Whiplash: Grants Canceled, Perkins Reauthorized — What Philadelphia Keeps
April 30, 2026
Pennsylvania Rewires K–12 Career Readiness — Why Philly CTE Should Pay Attention
Pennsylvania Rewires K–12 Career Readiness — Why Philly CTE Should Pay Attention
April 28, 2026
Station Rotation in the CTE Lab: Why Hands-On Differentiation Works
Station Rotation in the CTE Lab: Why Hands-On Differentiation Works
April 27, 2026
NCCER Certification Overview
NCCER Certification: What It Is, Who Built It, What It Costs, and Where It Leads
April 24, 2026
FY26 CTE Funding Philadelphia
FY26 CTE Funding Locked In + What It Means for Philadelphia Programs
April 23, 2026
CTE Meets AI: What Philadelphia Programs Need to Do Now Before the Skills Gap Widens
CTE Meets AI: What Philadelphia Programs Need to Do Now Before the Skills Gap Widens
April 22, 2026
Philadelphia CTE Graduates Careers
Philadelphia CTE Grads Walk Straight Into Paychecks + Why the CTE Community Should Pay Attention
April 21, 2026
Station Rotation in the CTE Lab: Why It Works in Any Shop Setting + How
April 20, 2026
Bringing Project-Based Learning Into CTE: 3 Strategies That Actually Work in the Lab
Bringing Project-Based Learning Into CTE: 3 Strategies That Actually Work in the Lab
April 17, 2026
4 Ways to Differentiate Project-Based Learning in CTE Labs and Shops
4 Ways to Differentiate Project-Based Learning in CTE Labs and Shops
April 17, 2026
From Unemployed to Programmer Analyst: Philadelphia's IT Apprenticeship Proves CTE Works
From Unemployed to Programmer Analyst: Philadelphia’s IT Apprenticeship Proves CTE Works
April 17, 2026
CompTIA A+: What It Is, Who Built It, What It Costs, and Where It Leads
April 17, 2026
Washington Wrote a $1.4B CTE Check and Harrisburg Added $65M — But Can Philadelphia Cash
April 16, 2026
Philadelphia CTE Summer Camps Expand Fast — But Nobody’s Tracking Who Comes Back
April 14, 2026
Differentiated Instruction in the CTE Lab: Six Strategies That Actually Work
Differentiated Instruction in the CTE Lab: Six Strategies That Actually Work
April 13, 2026
What Effective Philadelphia CTE Instructors Do Differently: Industry Partnerships and Hands-On Outcomes
What Effective Philadelphia CTE Instructors Do Differently: Industry Partnerships and Hands-On Outcomes
April 13, 2026
PA CTE Programs Prove Project-Based Learning Builds Employer-Ready Skills
PA CTE Programs Prove Project-Based Learning Builds Employer-Ready Skills
April 13, 2026
Three Project-Based Learning Strategies That Work in Philadelphia CTE Programs
Three Project-Based Learning Strategies That Work in Philadelphia CTE Programs
April 13, 2026
From Demonstration to Domination: How Gradual Release Builds CTE Shop Competency
April 13, 2026
Shapiro Administration’s $10.35 Million PAsmart Grant Expands CTE Access Across Pennsylvania
April 11, 2026
Philadelphia Schools Push Career Credentials to Meet Graduation Rules — Raising Quality Questions
April 11, 2026
The Digital Resume Is Replacing the Four-Year Degree
April 10, 2026
$209 Million and Counting
April 10, 2026
The Test That Actually Teaches
April 10, 2026
Philadelphia’s CTE Teacher Crisis
April 10, 2026
The End of the CTE Computer Lab
April 10, 2026
Pennsylvania's CEW Standards Receive First Major Overhaul in Over a Decade
Pennsylvania’s CEW Standards Receive First Major Overhaul in Over a Decade
April 9, 2026
Philadelphia Youth Network Launches $1M+ Professional Pathways Program for Opportunity Youth
Philadelphia Youth Network Launches $1M+ Professional Pathways Program for Opportunity Youth
April 9, 2026
WeldWorks Philly: Philadelphia’s Latest Bet on Welding Apprenticeships
April 8, 2026
Shapiro Pours $6.3 Million Into Apprenticeship Expansion Across Pennsylvania
April 8, 2026
GBCA Connects With Philadelphia CTE Students at Drexel Career Fair
April 7, 2026
Lackawanna College Builds a Workforce Infrastructure Play in Scranton
April 7, 2026
Pennsylvania Rewires K–12 Career Readiness: How Earlier CTE Exposure Could Reshape the Pipeline
April 6, 2026
Pennsylvania’s CTE Credentials Under the Microscope: What a New IES-Funded Study Means for the State’s
April 6, 2026
Philadelphia’s CCME Bridge Program Proves the City Can Be Its Own Workforce Pipeline
April 5, 2026
Pennsylvania’s 2025–26 CTE Overhaul Starts in Fifth Grade and Doesn’t Stop Until Students Have Credentials
April 5, 2026
PDE Releases Statewide Catalog of Approved CTE Industry Credentials
April 4, 2026
IES Launches Pennsylvania Study on CTE Credentials and Postsecondary Outcomes
April 4, 2026
Pennsylvania Independence Act Could Reshape CTE Center Governance Statewide
April 3, 2026
Philadelphia Targets 8,000 Youth Jobs Through C2L-PHL Summer 2026
April 3, 2026
Diverse high school students in a Pennsylvania CTE workshop learning precision welding and fabrication under instructor guidance, with career preparation tools and equipment in the background.
$4.1 Million in New Grants Extends Pennsylvania’s Schools-to-Work Reach to 52 Programs and 2,295 Students — And This Round Funds Something New
April 2, 2026
A spacious union apprenticeship training facility interior with multiple welding and pipefitting stations, HVAC training rigs, and apprentices working under structured instruction, representing modern skilled trades education infrastructure.
Governor Shapiro Commits $8 Million to Philadelphia Steamfitters Training Center, With Eye on Tripling Apprenticeship Rolls
April 2, 2026
Philadelphia's $4.6B Budget Deficit Threatens to Hollow Out CTE Programs at the Worst Possible Time hero
Philadelphia’s $4.6B Budget Deficit Threatens to Hollow Out CTE Programs at the Worst Possible Time
March 31, 2026
Trump Administration Kills $48.6 Million in CTE Grants Mid-Program, Leaving 19 Career-Connected High Schools in Limbo
March 31, 2026
Washington Is Playing Chicken With CTE Funding — and States Are Already Feeling It hero
Washington Is Playing Chicken With CTE Funding — and States Are Already Feeling It
March 30, 2026
Philadelphia Opens CTE Summer Doors Early — and City Hall Is Helping Keep Them Open hero
Philadelphia Opens CTE Summer Doors Early — and City Hall Is Helping Keep Them Open
March 30, 2026
Shapiro Administration $65 Million CTE Investment - Pennsylvania state capitol
Shapiro Administration’s $65 Million CTE Investment Signals a New Era for Pennsylvania’s Career and Technical Education
March 29, 2026
$209 Million in FY2026 CTE Earmarks: What the Federal Spending Actually Means for Career and Technical Education hero
$209 Million in FY2026 CTE Earmarks: What the Federal Spending Actually Means for Career and Technical Education
March 29, 2026
Shapiro's CTE Bet: Pennsylvania's $14.3 Million Budget Increase and the Case for Funding Career Education
Shapiro’s CTE Bet: Pennsylvania’s $14.3 Million Budget Increase and the Case for Funding Career Education
March 26, 2026
From High School to Paycheck: How Philadelphia CTE Is Putting Grads Directly to Work
From High School to Paycheck: How Philadelphia CTE Is Putting Grads Directly to Work
March 26, 2026
High school CTE students work in a modern lab alongside their instructor and an industry mentor, reflecting the comprehensive career pathway model expanding across Ohio districts.
Ohio School District Transitions to Comprehensive CTE Model
March 25, 2026
PACTA’s State Advocacy Day Amplifies Pennsylvania’s CTE Funding Imperative
March 24, 2026
Philadelphia CTE Summer Camp Pipeline Expands 2026 Career Preparation
March 23, 2026
PA Uses LCTI Expansion to Showcase Statewide CTE Investment Strategy
March 23, 2026
Students and instructors in a CTE lab set against a federal policy setting, illustrating FY26 workforce investment
Federal CTE Investment Reaches $209 Million in FY 2026 as Congress Prioritizes Workforce Development Infrastructure
March 22, 2026
Students and a teacher in a modern Florida high school CTE lab work across robotics, coding, aerospace, and health science stations, highlighting hands-on career pathway learning.
Florida Achieves Workforce Education Milestone at Titusville High School
March 19, 2026
CTE educators and students reviewing FY26 Perkins strategy in a lab-classroom setting
Congress Holds Core Perkins Funding Steady in FY26: A Strategy Window for CTE Leaders
March 16, 2026
Students in a telecom lab practicing fiber splicing and cable testing with instructor support
Laredo College launches Fiber Optic Technician training to build South Texas telecom workforce
March 15, 2026
Students in a CTE classroom across healthcare, manufacturing, and IT pathways
Rising Demand for Career Education Prompts College Board to Expand Its Footprint
March 14, 2026
CTE classroom scene with teacher and students in healthcare, technology, and skilled trades settings
Setting the Tone for CTE: House Hearing Highlights Apprenticeships, Awareness, and Small-Business Workforce Strain
March 13, 2026
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Perkins Authority Moved to Labor Department; Congress Wants to Make It Permanent

For more than a century, career and technical education in the United States has lived at the U.S. Department of Education. On May 21, 2026, that quietly changed. According to…
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Posted by Bob Young July 19, 2026
DOL's 30-Day Apprenticeship Approvals Reshape Philadelphia's Trades Pipeline
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DOL’s 30-Day Apprenticeship Approvals Reshape Philadelphia’s Trades Pipeline

When the principal of a Philadelphia career and technical education high school wants to launch a new pre-apprenticeship track with a local union, the bottleneck is rarely the curriculum. The…
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Posted by Bob Young July 13, 2026
Philly CTE in the Crossfire as Trump Shifts Career-Tech Oversight to Labor
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Philly CTE in the Crossfire as Trump Shifts Career-Tech Oversight to Labor

When the welding booths at Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia light up for a new cohort of pre-apprentices each fall, the instructor is not just teaching a weld procedure.…
Continue Reading
Posted by Bob Young July 13, 2026
California's CTE Funding Formula Leaves $115 Million Unspent While Programs Cut
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California’s CTE Funding Formula Leaves $115 Million Unspent While Programs Cut

California has poured $300 million a year into career technical education since 2021 — the largest state CTE grant program in the country. Yet over the past five years, more…
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Posted by Bob Young July 13, 2026
Posted inCTE News

California CTE Students Earn Union Cards and AWS Certifications Through Summer Trades Program

A Los Angeles charter school's six-year-old summer program shows what happens when CTE pathways don't stop at the school year — they extend into paid, credentialed, union-connected summer training that…
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Posted by Bob Young July 6, 2026
Posted inCTE News

Boston’s $12.8M Skilled-Trades Initiative Builds a Direct Pipeline From High School to Registered Apprenticeships

How a landmark Bloomberg Philanthropies investment is turning Madison Park into a citywide launchpad for family-sustaining trades careers Boston just landed the kind of investment that CTE directors across the…
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Posted by Bob Young June 29, 2026
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Walk-Through Ready: A CTE Lab and Shop Safety Checklist Instructors Can Run Before Students Return

It is mid-July. The hallways are still empty, the dust has settled on the band saws, and somewhere in your building an autoclave, MIG welder, CNC mill, or commercial gas…
Posted by Bob Young July 19, 2026
Posted inCTE News

Perkins Authority Moved to Labor Department; Congress Wants to Make It Permanent

For more than a century, career and technical education in the United States has lived at the U.S. Department of Education. On May 21, 2026, that quietly changed. According to…
Posted by Bob Young July 19, 2026
DOL's 30-Day Apprenticeship Approvals Reshape Philadelphia's Trades Pipeline
Posted inCTE News

DOL’s 30-Day Apprenticeship Approvals Reshape Philadelphia’s Trades Pipeline

When the principal of a Philadelphia career and technical education high school wants to launch a new pre-apprenticeship track with a local union, the bottleneck is rarely the curriculum. The…
Posted by Bob Young July 13, 2026
PaTTAN's New AI Toolkit Maps How Every CTE Pathway Will Change in Pennsylvania
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PaTTAN’s New AI Toolkit Maps How Every CTE Pathway Will Change in Pennsylvania

When the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network published its AI toolkit for career and technical education in 2026, the document did something unusual for a state education resource. It…
Posted by Bob Young July 13, 2026
Philly CTE in the Crossfire as Trump Shifts Career-Tech Oversight to Labor
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Philly CTE in the Crossfire as Trump Shifts Career-Tech Oversight to Labor

When the welding booths at Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia light up for a new cohort of pre-apprentices each fall, the instructor is not just teaching a weld procedure.…
Posted by Bob Young July 13, 2026
What PA CTE Programs Should Know as States Crack Down on Cell Phones in Schools
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What PA CTE Programs Should Know as States Crack Down on Cell Phones in Schools

In a welding booth at Swenson Arts and Technology High School in Northeast Philadelphia, a buzzing smartphone is not just a distraction — it is a safety hazard. When a…
Posted by Bob Young July 13, 2026
Global Competence in CTE: Why Philadelphia Students Need the World in Their Toolkit
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Global Competence in CTE: Why Philadelphia Students Need the World in Their Toolkit

Originally reported by Digital Promise | PhillyCTE --- When a pre-apprentice at Philadelphia's Electrical Training Center wires a commercial building downtown, the electrical code they follow is national — but…
Posted by Bob Young July 13, 2026
AI Meets the Shop Floor: Navigating AI Integration in Career and Technical Education
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AI Meets the Shop Floor: Navigating AI Integration in Career and Technical Education

Originally reported by MDPI Education Sciences | PhillyCTE --- When a welding instructor at a Philadelphia CTE program introduces AI-powered diagnostic tools to help pre-apprentices analyze defect patterns in their…
Posted by Bob Young July 13, 2026
CTE's National Moment: Why Project-Based Learning Is the Bridge to Industry Credentials
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CTE’s National Moment: Why Project-Based Learning Is the Bridge to Industry Credentials

Originally reported by PBLWorks | PhillyCTE --- When HVAC pre-apprentices at Philadelphia's Career and Technical Education programs keep failing the Section 608 refrigerant handling certification exam, CTE instructors don't just…
Posted by Bob Young July 13, 2026
California's CTE Funding Formula Leaves $115 Million Unspent While Programs Cut
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California’s CTE Funding Formula Leaves $115 Million Unspent While Programs Cut

California has poured $300 million a year into career technical education since 2021 — the largest state CTE grant program in the country. Yet over the past five years, more…
Posted by Bob Young July 13, 2026

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