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Federal Legislation Introduced to Address Career and Technical Education Teacher Shortage

May 1, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Rob Portman (R-OH), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) recently introduced the Creating Quality Technical Educators Act, (S. 2737). The bill would establishes a grant program to address the shortage of career and technical education (CTE) teachers impacting programs all across the country. The bill would add a […]

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Federal Spending Bill Expands Support for Career and Technical Education, Apprenticeships, Veteran’s Training

March 26, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

2018 Federal Appropriations Bill

Omnibus appropriations bill signed by President includes several workforce development initiatives that will benefit the collision repair industry. With collision repair facility operators reporting unfilled positions at near record levels, and multiple shop operators reporting that technician shortages are limiting their ability to translate referrals into work produced, any help on workforce development will help […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Career and Technical Education, Collision Repair Education Foundation, Hire Our Heroes

Collision Repair Education Foundation Recognizes 163 Schools with Readiness Benchmark

March 20, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Collision Repair Education Foundation announced it recognized 163 schools with its Collision School Career Readiness Benchmark that was launched in 2016. This is an increase of 35 percent from 121 schools that participated in program and achieved a benchmark in its inaugural year. Under the new program developed by the Foundation, schools were classified […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Career and Technical Education, Collision Repair Education Foundation, Makeover Grant

Interview: Brandon Eckenrode, Collision Repair Education Foundation

October 3, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Brandon Eckenrode Interview

For several years now, the Collision Repair Education Foundation has been asking for industry support to help make back to school more professional for their local high and college collision repair students by sponsoring Cintas Work Uniforms. A local collision student can be sponsored for $50 each and would be provided with a Cintas work […]

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SkillsUSA Members Joined by Secretary of Education In Support of Career and Technical Education

September 29, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Students representing career and technical education (CTE) programs in 29 states met with congressional representatives Sept. 26 after hearing the Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, call SkillsUSA “…an integral part of their educational experience.” The students were attending the annual Washington Leadership Training Institute (WLTI) to learn to be better advocates for public career education. […]

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Poll Shows Strong Public Support for Career and Technical Education 

August 30, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Career-related courses in public high schools

Phi Delta Kappa International released its 49th annual report titled, Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools. The wide-ranging survey of education issues was conducted in May 2017 with more than 1,500 people in all 50 states.  Some of the poll’s findings related to career and technical education (CTE) include: 82 percent of […]

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Axalta and TAFE NSW Celebrate Inaugural Training Graduation in Australia

July 19, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) celebrated the success of its partnership with educational institute TAFE New South Wales, with the graduation of its inaugural program’s first students. TAFE, or Technical and Further Education, is Australia’s leading provider for vocational education and training courses. The program will help address Australia’s shortage of skilled technicians for auto repair […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Australia, Axalta Coating Systems, Career and Technical Education

U.S. House Passes Bill Reauthorizing Perkins Support for Career and Technical Education

June 23, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

The U.S. House of Representatives voted yesterday to pass H.R. 2353, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act. The bill seeks to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins) through Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. According to a joint statement from LeAnn Wilson, executive director of the Association […]

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Career and Technical Education Faces Cuts in President’s FY18 Budget

May 25, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Cuts, if approved by Congress, could impact collision repair training programs at high schools. Collision repair training programs in high schools would possibly face cuts under the budget proposed by the Trump Administration this week for Fiscal Year 2018 that begins in October 2017. The Administration is requesting $976.9 million to support career and technical […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Career and Technical Education, Collision Repair Education Foundation, legislation

Nationwide Insurance Awards $50,000 to Schools Through Collision Repair Education Foundation

April 21, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Collision Repair Education Foundation announced that Nationwide Insurance has made a $50,000 donation to assist the Education Foundation’s support of high school and college collision school programs across the country through school grants. Six schools were supported through these Nationwide school grants. The schools applied for the Education Foundation’s 2016 Ultimate Collision Education Makeover […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Career and Technical Education, Collision Repair Education Foundation, Nationwide Insurance

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