Career Classroom: Partnerships, state bond funding support opening of new Union County logistics academy (ROI-NJ)

by Allyson Roberts | Sep 17, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Featured News, Schools

How do you interest the next generation in global logistics? Tell them the future is theirs. That’s a prediction Jasmin Lee shared when recruiting the inaugural class of Union County Vocational-Technical Schools’ Academy for Global Logistics. Lee is principal of the...

Career Classroom: Corporate contributions total $90K in scholarships to keep career-minded students in the Garden State (ROI-NJ)

by Allyson Roberts | Aug 6, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Featured News, Schools, Student Achievements

Funding from Amazon, AT&T, NJM Insurance Group, PKA Technologies, PSEG, SHI International Corporation, South Jersey Industries (SJI) and VMWARE totaled $90,250 to the New Jersey Association of Counties (NJAC) Foundation this year to distribute as scholarships to...

New Jersey Council of County Vocational-Technical Schools honors former Executive Director Judy Savage with CTE Leadership Award

by Allyson Roberts | Jul 30, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Featured News

Judy Savage, retired executive director of the New Jersey Council of County Vocational-Technical Schools (NJCCVTS), is this year’s recipient of the Career and Technical Education Leadership Award. In her former role with the Council, Savage presented this annual award...

This N.J. high school is No. 1 in the nation for STEM students, U.S. News says (NJ.com)

by Allyson Roberts | Jul 9, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Featured News, Schools, Student Achievements

New Jersey has the top high school for STEM — or science, technology, engineering and math — in the nation, according to a recent ranking from U.S. News & World Report. High Technology High School in Lincroft in Monmouth County topped the news site’s list of the...

Career Classroom: County vocational-technical schools empower students through meaningful projects for New Jersey’s marine ecosystem (ROI-NJ)

by Allyson Roberts | Jun 27, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Featured News, Schools, Student Achievements

During her junior year of high school, Katie Ackerman sometimes ran out of class to snap a few photos of seals on the nearby Sandy Hook beaches. She knew they only came to shore at low tide and sought images of them for research. Her classmate, Abby Hesterhagen,...

Career Classroom: Annual culinary competition helps inspire next generation of state’s restaurant and hospitality scene (ROI-NJ)

by Allyson Roberts | May 31, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Featured News, Schools, Student Achievements

French onion braised short rib, smoked corn and lobster chowder and ricotta gnocchi with mushroom and basil pesto are not from the menu of a high-end restaurant, but the creations of culinary students from New Jersey’s county vocational-technical schools. For 11...