by Allyson Roberts | Aug 19, 2025 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Featured News, Schools
By Jackie Burke, executive director of the NJ Council of County Vocational-Technical Schools Hanging on the walls of the media production classroom at Bergen County Technical High School are photographs of instructor Thomas Rome capturing some of the most iconic...
by Allyson Roberts | Jun 9, 2025 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Featured News, Schools, Student Achievements
337 students are celebrating two graduations and a head start Trenton, N.J. – New Jersey county vocational-technical schools have set a new record with 337 students from the Class of 2025 earning an associate degree while in high school. That number is up 86...
by Allyson Roberts | Mar 7, 2025 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Featured News, Schools, Student Achievements
Megan Bock said attending the Bergen County Academies taught her how to think critically, be creative and not shy away from difficult problems. “These are all cardinal principles of my career today,” said Bock, a systems engineer for NASA. Bock explained that systems...
by Allyson Roberts | Feb 25, 2025 | Employer Engagement, Featured News
New Jersey’s county vocational-technical school districts have continued the tradition of each naming a Business Partner of the Year. The 2024 honorees represent a range of industries, from automotive to healthcare and advanced manufacturing to barbering. Celebrating...
by Allyson Roberts | Dec 2, 2024 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Featured News, Schools
McLaren Engineering Group, the northeast division of KCI Technologies, provides valuable professional insight, hands-on learning and real-world experiences to students in the Bergen County Institutes for Science & Technology, part of Bergen County Technical...