On the Cover: SkillsUSA Champion Eric Riley of Lanesville, Ind. Photo by Lloyd Wolf.

By Craig E. Moore
As different as the students on SkillsUSA’s national officer team are, they share one vital characteristic: having someone believe in them. Find out who … and how they were inspired to greater success.[Read]

By E. Thomas Hall
The students were known as “animals.” Their new teacher, Richard Carter, was the “biggest, meanest” one the principal could find to combat them. Carter, a graduate of the same school, had no idea of what he was walking into this time — but turned the class around in only a few months. [Read]

By Ann P. Schreiber
English wasn’t her first language. Her family’s culture frowned on girls playing sports, and then she signed up for an all-male class. But her background did provide the work ethic and thirst for new opportunities that have enabled Suzanne Raposo to leap over every hurdle. [Read]