White House recognizes February as Career & Technical Education Month
White House recognizes February as CTE Month
February 24, 2026
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White House recognizes February as CTE Month
If a talent shortage is on your mind as a small and midsize manufacturer, you’re not alone. 79% of manufacturing leaders are saying the same
Last week, State Rep. Will Davis (D- Homewood) visited Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s Career Pathways classes with Bill Merchantz, HF’s CNC Manufacturing & Welding Instructor; Courtney Alexander, Department Lead Careers & Technical Education; Carla Erdey, HF’s Director of Communications and Community Engagement.
https://youtube.com/shorts/a07jpGBKFvQ On April 24, 2025, the Technology & Manufacturing Association (TMA) proudly celebrated the graduation of 32 students from its esteemed Related Theory program. The
Standing in the doorway of the Technology & Manufacturing Association’s (TMA) Training Center in 2025, one can’t help but be in awe of how 21st-century manufacturing is evolving, and contemplate how much different a manufacturing training center must have looked in 1945.
The Association is delighted to announce that TMA students pursuing training in mold making and tool & die making will soon be provided first-hand exposure to EDM Wire and EDM Sinker skills, thanks to a joint donation of two EDM machines from the Mitsubishi Corporation and MC Machinery.
In a survey of high school and college-age people by software company Jobber last year, 75% said they would be interested in vocational schools offering paid, on-the-job training.
In 2019, the TMA Education Foundation granted Crete-Monee High School in Chicago’s south suburbs $20,860.00 to purchase a surface grinder. The next year, TMA’s Education Foundation gave the school’s program another $45,000 for two Bridgeports.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Not since the Cold War has the United States Navy seen such a significant demand for building new submarines