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...
by Allyson Roberts | Aug 21, 2024 | Schools
As superintendent of Essex County Schools of Technology (ECST) for the past nine years, James Pedersen, Ed.D., has not only worked within Essex County, but throughout the state to build partnerships that strengthen ECST’s three schools. His district provides an option...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
by Allyson Roberts | Jun 17, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Schools, Student Achievements
Taking full advantage of opportunities to earn college credits while in high school, 251 students from across New Jersey’s county vocational-technical schools graduated with an associate degree this year in addition to a high school diploma. The students accumulated...
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...
by Allyson Roberts | May 13, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Featured News, Student Achievements
Six New Jersey students, including three from Bergen County, were named 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announced on Thursday. This achievement presented by U.S. Department of Education recognizes 161 high school seniors for...
by Allyson Roberts | May 1, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Featured News, Schools, Student Achievements
Several public high schools in New Jersey are among the best in the country, according to a new ranking from U.S. News & World Report. You can view the full ranking here. Two of the top-ranked high schools – High Technology High School and Edison Academy...
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