Two first-of-their-kind studies find broad, bipartisan support for high school trades education despite perceived stigma CALABASAS, Calif—Americans across the political spectrum overwhelmingly support skilled trades education in high school,
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Dear Fellow Skilled Trades Teachers, My name is Peter Wachtel and this is my fourth year as an architecture and product innovation design teacher at Adolfo Camarillo High School in Camarillo, California In 2017 and 2018, I applied for the Harbor
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Dear fellow skilled trades instructors, My name is Joel Massarello and I am a 2019 winner of the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence I originally did not plan on submitting an application in 2019 I had been a
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Dear Fellow Skilled Trades Teachers, My name is Troy Reichert and I am an industrial technology teacher from Guernsey-Sunrise Public School in the huge metropolis of Guernsey, Wyoming—population 1,200 I just wanted to encourage you all to
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As schools close across the country and as skilled trades teachers work to reach students who are sheltering at home, Harbor Freight Tools for Schools hosted three online conversations among our network of skilled trades teachers to ask: how are you
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