Bergen News

By James Nash Read the story on North Jersey.com New Jersey voters have shown a willingness to take on debt for public purposes, authorizing nearly $1.5 billion in bonds since [ Read More: From the Record and North Jersey.com: Should NJ borrow another $500 million for schools? Voters have say on Election Day ]

Katherine Dai, of Glen Rock, who attends the Bergen County Academy for Medical Science Technology, and Deven Singh, of Manalapan, who attends the Monmouth Academy of Allied Health & Sciences, have [ Read More: Two NJ county vocational-technical school students honored as 2018 Presidential Scholars ]

See the story on the NJ101.5 web site. By Dino Flammia Renewing efforts to prepare its students for the 21st century workforce, New Jersey has announced another $3 million for [ Read More: From NJ101.5 news: NJ Vo-tech schools adding these high-demand fields ]

Cybersecurity, health professions, digital media and even heavy equipment operations will be among the seven new programs offered through New Jersey county vocational-technical school partnerships next fall, thanks to $3 [ Read More: State grants provide new career and technical education options at county vocational-technical schools ]

A team of students from Bergen County Technical Schools’ Paramus Tech won first place in the NOCTI (National Occupational Competency Testing Institute) 2018 national competition for the best video about career [ Read More: Paramus Tech students ace NOCTI video competition ]

International corporations, local businesses, regional health care systems, the carpenters union, the U.S. Army and even an ice sculptor are among the organizations and individuals honored as 2017 business partners [ Read More: Business Partners Honored by County Vocational Technical Schools ]

Tantalizing aromas and eye-popping visual displays greeted attendees at the New Jersey Association of Counties annual conference as they entered the final event of the session, the sixth annual NJAC [ Read More: 2017 County Vocational-Technical Schools Cook-Off Is Another Great Success ]

Featured on NJTV: Students from Bergen Tech Paramus get a hands-on science lesson at the Meadowlands Environment Center.

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Five of the top ten high schools in New Jersey are county vocational-technical schools, according to US News & World Report’s 2017 America’s Best High Schools survey, released on April [ Read More: 27 NJ county vocational-technical schools named to US News & World Report’s Best High Schools list ]

Meet the winner of this year’s Regeneron Science Talent Search: 17-year-old Indrani Das. Indrani of Bergen Academies joins WSJ’s Tanya Rivero to discuss her winning entry in the nation’s most prestigious science and math competition, as well as her plans for the future. Watch Video