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April 04, 2019

State Farm Sponsors SkillsUSA To Support Workforce Development, Close Skills Gap

Leesburg, Va. — State Farm Insurance Companies has announced support for SkillsUSA, a national nonprofit focused on workforce development. The 2019 grant will support the mission of SkillsUSA…

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March 27, 2019

CTSO Student Leaders Showcase CTE

On Tuesday, March 26, the Senate CTE Caucus hosted a reception at the Dirksen Senate Office Building for Members of Congress and their staffs, titled “CTE Success: Student Leaders in…

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March 22, 2019

WorldSkills USA Team Trains at 3M

On March 11-12, the WorldSkills USA team members and their experts, traveled to St. Paul, Minn., for two days of training at 3M’s headquarters. The first day was…

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March 13, 2019

Real-World Experiences Build a Better Workforce

SkillsUSA wields a large shovel, but we have a big hole to fill. That hole is in the American economy and it is called the skills gap—the widening gap…

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February 08, 2019

SkillsUSA Highlighted at CTE 101 Briefing

SkillsUSA Executive Director Tim Lawrence served as a panelist for a CTE 101 briefing for Hill staffers on Friday, Feb. 8. The event was a recruitment push for the House…

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February 07, 2019

SkillsUSA Celebrates Workforce Development with National Advocacy Day on Feb. 5

SkillsUSA students serving as national officers visited Washington, D.C., Feb. 5 to advocate for SkillsUSA and career and technical education (CTE) during SkillsUSA Week and CTE Month.

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February 06, 2019

SkillsUSA Featured in ACTE Techniques Magazine for CTE Month

Career and technical student organizations (CTSOs) enhance student learning through contextual instruction, leadership and personal development, applied learning and real-world application.” Read the full story in ACTE Techniques…

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January 30, 2019

National Research Center Data Shows SkillsUSA Members are Learning Essential Skills and Developing Career Plans

New research at public high schools in the United States has been released by the National Research Center for College and University Admissions (NRCCUA) that shows the majority of…

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January 24, 2019

The Hot New Gen-Z Trend Is Skipping College

On a recent Wednesday morning, about 20 students at Queens Technical High School marched into a supply closet and retrieved what looked, to an outsider, like silver suitcases. They sat…

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Jane A. DeShong Short

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703-737-0607

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Press Releases

State Farm Sponsors SkillsUSA To Support Workforce Development, Close Skills Gap

CTSO Student Leaders Showcase CTE

WorldSkills USA Team Trains at 3M

Real-World Experiences Build a Better Workforce

SkillsUSA Highlighted at CTE 101 Briefing

SkillsUSA Celebrates Workforce Development with National Advocacy Day on Feb. 5

SkillsUSA Featured in ACTE Techniques Magazine for CTE Month

National Research Center Data Shows SkillsUSA Members are Learning Essential Skills and Developing Career Plans

The Hot New Gen-Z Trend Is Skipping College

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