High school students in Rhode Island will soon be hard at work on a novel project: developing their own food truck businesses. Starting in the fall, students in 13 Ocean State districts will develop ...

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Career and technical education programs today are less often the traditional, vocational programs of decades past that enrolled students who weren’t on the college track. Today’s programs emphasize ...

Trade schools are gaining popularity as an alternative to four-year colleges. Short-term vocational certificates are the fastest growing type of postsecondary credential, but their value is debated.

March 5, 2026 - Teachers are striking for better pay, benefits and class size. But school districts say their budgets are extremely tight and they’re contemplating layoffs. As guests check out of El ...

SPEARFISH | South Dakota Center for Enterprise Opportunity, located at Black Hills State University, announces two online career programs, Ed2Go ‘Short Term, Non Credit, Online Courses’ and GATLIN ‘On ...

Four decades ago, Wilbur Palmer had a vision for a different type of education in Hudson. The school should offer vocational courses in agriculture, Palmer decided. After dismantling and rebuilding a ...

While the Trump administration emphasizes the necessity for apprenticeships and vocational programs, it’s the rising tide of local support that lifts our best and brightest free programs, such as the ...