DES PLAINES – High school instructors that teach skills used in machining and manufacturing are a unique brand. Even though their specialty is indeed special, the skills they teach are crucial to the USA’s welfare – in so many different ways.
STREAMWOOD – Seventy Chicago area high school students recently used their machining skills to help disabled individuals walk again.
SCHAUMBURG – The Technology & Manufacturing Association once again hosted a Precision Machining Competition to area high schools for the purpose of encouraging high school students to learn about and consider careers in manufacturing, specifically precision machining.
Nineteen instructors from 18 different Chicago area high schools encouraged their students to develop their machining skills as they completed challenging precision machining projects. After completion, the students’ machining projects were judged by skilled craftsmen in the industry.
There were 303 projects produced by this year’s student competitors, with an impressive 35 resulting in perfect scores. Student projects spanned 15 different categories that tested their skills in a range of modern manufacturing areas.
High schools & colleges preventing American youth from finding rewarding & lucrative careers There is a “Walking Dead” syndrome in high schools and on college
As the public pays more attention to the deepening skills gap crisis, and manufacturing and technology careers are encouraged by teachers and parents, high schools
