Manufacturing Careers Research by Student Research Foundation

New Research Finds that Manufacturing Jobs Offer Many Advantages 

“Manufacturing Matters,” a summary of research from a variety of sources including the 2021 CTE Pathways study conducted by the Student Research Foundation, finds that manufacturing jobs can be an excellent career choice for today’s students. 

Let’s review some findings from the research. Read more

A man working in a technical career - CTE Month- Career and Technical Education Month

Make Career and Technical Education Month a Learning Opportunity for Your Students

February 2022 is CTE Month, presented by the Association for Career & Technical Education. A number of events and special programs are on the agenda this year, thanks to the sponsorship of the National Association of Home Builders. Read more

Student Research

Great Ways to Integrate Career Planning into Your Classroom

The Student Research Foundation offers research reports on a variety of topics related to career planning. If you are a teacher, you and your students will want to explore them and use them as resources. They include the American Dream Infographic, the New Public Square Infographic, the Global Citizenship Infographic, and more. Be sure to explore them all and make use of them in your classroom. Read more

High School Student Doing Career Research - Student Research Foundation

Is It Time to Create a Career Research Center in Your Classroom?

In years past, the reference desks at high school libraries often were home to a small research center – a shelf or two of career-related books. There you’d find books like What Color Is Your Parachute? a popular bestseller about selecting a career. You would also find books about writing cover letters and resumes, about job hunting online, about taking interviews, and maybe even some books on how to dress for success. Read more

San Jose, California skyline

An Educator’s Guide to Career Opportunities in San Jose, California

The emerging tech centers of America . . .  

If you don’t live in California, chances are you don’t understand San Jose. San Jose might not even be one of the first California cities to come to mind if somebody asked you to name the most influential or important cities in California.

If you live or teach in the San Jose area, however, you know the real story about what a powerhouse the city is. Read more

Charlotte, North Carolina an Emerging Tech Center - Student Research Foundation

This City is an Emerging Tech Center

The emerging tech centers of America . . .

An Educator’s Guide to Manufacturing Opportunities in Charlotte, North Carolina

A few decades ago, you might have found a typical high school student in the Charlotte area lying in a field on the family farm, thinking about owning it one day. If you happened upon a more academically ambitious youngster, she or he might have been thinking about going to Davidson or UNC, maybe planning to be a physician or a politician one day.

Today, you will still find youngsters like them, but you will find fewer of them. In their place, more and more young North Caroliners are thinking about becoming engineers, programmers, factory workers and general business people, for a very simple reason . . .

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February is CTE Month - Student Research Foundation

February is CTE Month

The Association for Career and Technical Education® Launches CTE Month® in February, with Educational Programs for High School Students

Career and Technical Education Month, or CTE Month, is a public awareness campaign that is sponsored every February by The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE). It’s a great annual event, and this year’s promises to be the best one ever, with a variety of stimulating programs to help high school students get more from their Technical Education studies and prepare for their careers. Read more

CTE Education - Findings from the Student Research Foundation

SkillsUSA Week – Why You and Your Students Will Want to Get Involved

We are pleased to let you know that this year’s SkillsUSA Week is coming up soon February 2-8 2020. It’s not too late for your students and your school to get involved. Read more

CTE Teachers - Student Research Foundation

Getting Ahead of the Coming Shortage of CTE Teachers

If you walk into a typical American high school and stand outside a classroom where technical subjects are taught, chances are that everything looks like it is humming along beautifully. Eager students come into the classroom in time for their classes to begin, where a knowledgeable and experienced teacher takes up a position at the front of the classroom. And in communities with sufficient funding, everyone is able to start working on computers and other equipment that facilitate the learning process. Read more

CTE Education - Findings from the Student Research Foundation

The Current State of CTE Education

The Current State of CTE Education: Findings from The Student Research Foundation’s 2018 CTE Career Interest Survey

When educators think about Career and Technical Education (CTE), they sometimes assume that opportunities are plentiful for students who choose to focus on technical courses in high school. Their thinking can fall along these lines . . . Read more