Career & Technical Education (CTE)

Kansas City, Missouri — Time was, a fledgling tech company called CivicPlus had to explain to prospective customers why it was based in Kansas — and not…

A teenager wakes up, gets ready for school. Slips a smartphone into her pocket on the way out the door.Her day may well include some biology or chemistry,…

Graduation season is upon us, which means celebration and cliché advice. But a lot of the age-old wisdom doesn't quite ring true in today's changing…

A construction worker from Drexel, Missouri, is using poetry to positively affect the perception of blue-collar trades.Eric Borden's poem "Ditch Diggers"…

Student Matthew Fitch wanted a low-cost, quick entry into the workforce. That’s all he wanted. So he transferred from a community college to WSU Tech —...

KANSAS CITY — Seventy hours a week got old. Fast. So did working multiple jobs.So Joseph Cowsert wept tears of joy and relief the day he got word while…

Segment 1: The cost of higher education has shot up faster than family income in recent decades.Economists and education experts suggest students think…

Life is expensive. Rent, health care, raising a family, saving for retirement — it adds up. But so does college debt. In fact, the cost of college shot up…

TOPEKA — The glittery gold print on Cara Simon’s graduation cap begged — maybe only half-jokingly — for a break: “Can I take a nap now?”Toilsome college…

The push to enroll more students in classes that will prepare them for college and careers could create new opportunities for young people with special…

Career and technical education is having a moment, but not in all schools. Most charters still focus almost exclusively on college…

Back when she was in eighth grade at California Trail in the Olathe Public Schools, Lilly Beckwith loved making amateur videos with Windows Movie Maker…