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October 03, 2018

WorldSkills USA Will Go for Gold in Kazan, Russia, at Global Trade Skills Competition

Competitors will represent the United States against the greatest young talents in the world Leesburg, Va. — SkillsUSA today revealed 22 young competitors who will represent the…

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September 28, 2018

SkillsUSA Team Visits Rep. Krishnamoorthi During WLTI

National student leaders (left to right) Guadalupe Cortez, Adam Cavanaugh and Brooke Gatchell met with Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) in his Capitol Hill office Sept. 25, 2018, as part of…

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August 22, 2018

Forbes Cites Top 25 Two-Year Trade Schools; SkillsUSA Chapters Among Them

For the second year, Forbes magazine has ranked the nation’s top two-year trade schools, in a list of technical and career colleges with high-earning alumni, stand-out graduation and retention rates,…

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August 02, 2018

President Reauthorizes Perkins Career and Technical Education Act

SkillsUSA celebrates President Trump’s signing of H.R. 2353, the “Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act,” which officially reauthorizes the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act,…

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July 18, 2018

Discount Car Rentals for SkillsUSA Members, Family and Partners

All SkillsUSA employees, board members, state directors, teachers, members, business partners and family members are eligible to take advantage of the agreement we have with Enterprise (and National Car…

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June 30, 2018

Secretary of Education Tours SkillsUSA Championships in Louisville

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was in Louisville on June 28, touring the SkillsUSA Championships with Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin and Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton. SkillsUSA executive…

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May 15, 2018

SkillsUSA Announces Winners of the PR Challenge

SkillsUSA congratulates the winners of the public relations challenge. This new online challenge encouraged local chapters and state officer teams to demonstrate how they showcased SkillsUSA to the news…

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April 25, 2018

Opposing the Elimination of OCTAE

SkillsUSA has become aware that the U.S. Department of Education is proposing to consolidate the Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education (OCTAE) into a new Office of Postsecondary…

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March 30, 2018

WorldSkills Flag Circling Globe Stops in Atlanta

SkillsUSA represented the United States as the WorldSkills flag, which is traveling around the world in advance of the next competition, made a stop in Atlanta March 24.

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