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June 05, 2017

SkillsUSA Leaders Participate in White House Session on Workforce Development

CTSOs Brief Department of Education Senior Officials National officer Mackenzie Oestreich, high-school division secretary from Oklahoma (second from right) with Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and other CTSO students. Leesburg,…

Alumni Features

April 25, 2017

Alumni Pin Design Winner

Congratulations to Heather Brown, this year’s winner of the SkillsUSA Alumni Pin Design Challenge. She is an advertising design instructor and SkillsUSA advisor at A.W. Beattie Career Center…

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April 06, 2017

Jump into STEM! Expands with Middle-School Edition

In 2015, SkillsUSA launched its free member resource Jump into STEM!, a curriculum developed for high-school students to use when mentoring elementary-school students on future career-path options. Based…

Features Press Releases

February 27, 2017

SkillsUSA Joins Mike Rowe to Support Baltimore Workforce Development

SkillsUSA Executive Director Tim Lawrence with Mike Rowe. SkillsUSA executive director Tim Lawrence attended the 2017 Build Baltimore Gala on February 25 to support and celebrate Project Jumpstart,…

Features Press Releases

January 05, 2017

Relevant or Irrelevant?

SkillsUSA Executive Director Tim LawrenceTim appeared on the radio program “Relevant or Irrelevant” (ROI) and talked extensively about SkillsUSA and the skills gap. ROI is a radio show…

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January 05, 2017

Ring in 2017 with Career Planning and Goal Setting

It’s time to kick off the new year with the help of the Career Transitions site. This is a free resource where students can: Assess their career interests by…

Features Press Releases

January 03, 2017

Article Highlights Maryland HVAC Program and SkillsUSA

This story by reporter Jon Pitts is about a growing HVAC program at Delaney High School. The article ran Dec. 21, 2016 in The Baltimore Sun (daily readership of 177,000).

Features Press Releases

September 02, 2016

Students Who Study Technical Education May Earn More

A new white paper, entitled “Preparing our Students for Career Success – What Parents Should Know” examines the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard and U.S. labor market trends to…

Features Press Releases

August 17, 2016

SkillsUSA Supports Putting Learner Success First

SkillsUSA Executive Director Tim Lawrence authored a guest post on Advance CTE’s blog. Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work is the longest-standing national non-profit that represents State…

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