Teens are learning the value of a trade school education and the benefits of high-tech factory jobs.

Kids used to go to college to avoid working minimum-wage jobs in factories. But nowadays kids are going to vocational school to get high-tech factory jobs working with programs and robotics.

When he decided against going to a traditional high Warner Adams got teased. But now he’s getting the last laugh. Read More...

Career and technical education is important for communities and schools so finding funding and offering new technology is the key to their success.

The high-tech return of high school shop class

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN
Schools of Thought

(CNN) – You can almost hear the old shop teacher asking – so, how is this going to work? Read More...

Education Week ranked Idaho 48th in K-12 education. Most of us might think, “it’s not my school, it’s not my kids. Not my future.” This new online video is part of a fact-based public service campaign entitled Don’t Fail Idaho. Sponsored by the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation, this campaign seeks to raise awareness about Idaho’s education challenges and provoke conversations about Idaho’s future. The campaign will do this by informing, educating, and being a catalyst for inspiring change—engaging a diverse and robust debate in a spirit of innovation and collaboration. Read More...