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The NJ Council of County Vocational-Technical Schools recognized Rowan College Gloucester County President Fred Keating with the organization’s 2018 CTE Leadership Award on July 25. “Dr. Keating is reshaping New [ Read More: County Vocational Schools Recognize Dr. Fred Keating As a Visionary Partner ]

Vo-tech schools relying on governor, voters for funding BY Michael Hill, Correspondent | July 12, 2018, 5PM EST Watch the story here.   It’s 14-year-old Will Kwietniak’s third summer at Excite Camp. “You [ Read More: From NJTV: A feature story on the bond act to expand CTE and build NJ’s future workforce ]

With strong support from legislators from both parties, the bond act to expand career and technical education opportunities and build New Jersey’s future workforce won final legislative approval from the [ Read More: Career and technical education bond act wins final legislative approval and heads to Governor Murphy’s desk ]

By David Matthau See the story on NJ1015.com As New Jersey lawmakers consider several different options to change the school funding formula, some districts are increasingly unhappy about a requirement [ Read More: From NJ 101.5: What’s the best way to fund vo-tech schools in NJ? ]

With strong support from legislators from both parties, the bond act to expand career and technical education opportunities and build New Jersey’s future workforce was approved by the New Jersey [ Read More: A game-changer for workforce development: NJ Assembly approves bond act to expand CTE ]

The manufacturing and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) industries are not often viewed as viable sectors in New Jersey, but the over 11,000 manufacturing and STEM-related companies, their 360,000-plus [ Read More: From NJ Spotlight: Ten Ways to View a Career in Manufacturing, an op-ed on NJ’s thriving manufacturing and STEM industries by NJMEP CEO John Kennedy ]

After receiving unanimous bi-partisan support in two Assembly committees, the proposed bond act to expand career and technical education is now poised for consideration by the full Assembly on Thursday, [ Read More: CTE Expansion Bond Clears Key Legislative Committees, Heads to Full Assembly ]

The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) has honored Passaic County Technical Institute’s Director of Curriculum, Ted Szczawinski, as the Region I CTE Administrator of the Year. The award [ Read More: PCTI’s Ted Szczawinski is ACTE Region I Administrator of the Year ]

News release:  Essex County Executive DiVincenzo and the Essex County Schools of Technology dedicate the new Essex County Donald M. Payne School of Technology Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, [ Read More: Now officially open: Essex County’s Donald M. Payne School of Technology is completed and ready for students ]

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 ]