Career and Technical Education Community Celebrates Positive Impacts, Raises Awareness During CTE Month
The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE), National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc), and Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs) will celebrate CTE Month in February, highlighting the impact of career and technical education (CTE) on student success, workforce development and the economy across the country and advocating for an increased CTE presence in secondary and post-secondary programs to ensure American economic prosperity. Read more.

Statement by National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc) Executive Director Kimberly Green on President Obama’s State of the Union
SILVER SPRING, MD – In his State of the Union Address yesterday, President Obama said more resources should be directed to community colleges that train job seekers with the skills businesses need to fill jobs right now. National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc) supports the President’s call and urges the Administration to provide funding for legislation such as the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education (Perkins) Act,which funds Career Technical Education (CTE) programs that train students for high-demand jobs. Read more.

Jim Lentz Interview on CBS Radio
Jim Lentz of Toyota (and SkillsUSA's Champion of the Year), Tim Lawrence and Victoria Holbert, the SkillsUSA high school national president, taped a one-hour interview for the CBS Radio show "Unfinished Business." The subject revolved around training, CTE and what Toyota is doing with SkillsUSA to prepare America's skilled workforce. Listen to the interview here.

Girl Power
Haley Krueger got duped into collision repair. That’s right: hoodwinked, hornswoggled, swindled, whatever term you want to use. Her friend Tyler asked her if she would attend summer school auto body class at Bismarck State College with him, and she agreed. Problem is, Tyler bailed from the class shortly after it began. A funny thing happened, though: Haley fell in love with collision repair. Read more.

Toyota's Jim Lentz Becomes
SkillsUSA's Champion of the Year
Jim Lentz, president and chief operating officer of Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A. Inc. received the 2011 SkillsUSA Champion of the Year award on the evening of Friday, November 4, 2011 during a ceremony at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. Representatives from 36 corporations and organizations attended the event. Read more.

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SkillsUSA's WorldTeam in Parade
SkillsUSA's World Team was featured in the Sunday, September 4 issue of Parade magazine. You can check out the online supplement here.

Skills For America's Future
At Northern Virginia Community College, President Obama announced a major expansion of Skills for America's Future, an industry led initiative to dramatically improve industry partnerships with community colleges and build a nation-wide network to maximize workforce development strategies, job training programs, and job placements. Read more.

Tim Lawrence on the Money Pit
SkillsUSA Executive Director, Tim Lawrence, recently appeared on the nationally-syndicated radio program, The Money Pit. You can hear that interview here.

SkillsUSA: Home to the Top Techs of Tomorrow
In 1965, Studebaker introduced the first electronic ignition; the big advance in car audio was the eight-track tape player and gas cost 31 cents a gallon. It was still the day of "the shade tree mechanic," and professional mechanics were too often called "grease monkeys." Read more.

SkillsUSA Students to Travel to London,
England to Compete In International Competition
SkillsUSA, the organization that represents the United States in the WorldSkills Competition, will send 22 high school and college students to London, England, in October 2011 to compete in the 41st international event. Read more.

Learn How Engineering Alliance Can Increase Student Engagement With The PLTW Curriculum Through A Limited-Time Open Viewing Of ProgramsEngineering Alliance (EA), the program of student competitions and leadership activities designed for the PLTW curriculum, was developed through a partnership with Project Lead The Way (PLTW), the Technology Student Association (TSA) and SkillsUSA.   PLTW middle and high school students are able to compete in online contests and leadership activities that will reinforce the problem-solving and critical thinking skills that PLTW students are already developing in the classroom every day. Read more.

Air Products' John McGlade Celebrated
as SkillsUSA CEO Champion of the Year
On October 18, 2010, before an audience of over 350 national and international corporate executives, community leaders and career and technical education (CTE) students and their teachers, John E. McGlade, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Air Products and a former CTE student himself, received the inaugural SkillsUSA CEO Champion of the Year award during a ceremony at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York City. Read more.

ACTE's Jan Bray Appears on NBC's Today Show
On Tuesday September 28, 2010, ACTE Executive Director Jan Bray appeared on NBC's Today Show to discuss Career and Technical Education. The interview was part of NBC's "Education Nation" summit series that is focused on putting education back on the national agenda. Read more.

Air Products’ John McGlade
is SkillsUSA CEO Champion of the Year
SkillsUSA announced today that it has chosen John E. McGlade, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Air Products, to be the recipient of the inaugural SkillsUSA CEO Champion of the Year award. Read more.

Contests Add More Excitement to Nation’s Leading Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Program
Project Lead The Way (PLTW) has joined together with the Technology Student Association (TSA) and SkillsUSA to encourage engineering innovation through a new program of exciting competitions and leadership activities called Engineering Alliance. PLTW middle and high school students now will be able to compete in online contests and leadership activities that will reinforce the problem-solving and critical thinking skills that PLTW students are already developing in the classroom every day. Read more.

Shop Classes Return -- with a 21st-Century Twist
Students in auto-body shop in the Tucson Unified School District, in Tucson, Arizona, don't just learn how to change oil or hammer out a dent. They use computer diagnostic equipment to fix cars, and learn the green technologies of hybrid vehicles and hydrogen fuel cells. Read more.
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Building Skills, And a House
Students Lend Varied Talents To Create Model of 'Green' Home
This is the house that Victor built. Read more.
The Washington Post

SkillsUSA Conference Moving to Louisville in 2015
SkillsUSA, a national organization of career and technical education students, instructors and business partners announced today that it will move its National Leadership and Skills Conference to Louisville, Ky., for six years beginning in 2015. Read more.