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The Latest News About High School Skilled Trades Education

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Lee Condon, Director of Communications
Email: LCondon@HFTforschools.org

Phone: 424.299.2320

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Honoring Our Retiring Prizewinners and Their Legacy

June 25, 2025 Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin

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Fifty U.S. Public High School Skilled Trades Teachers are Finalists for $1.5 Million in Cash Prizes

June 10, 2025

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Girls’ Mechanic Skills Shine One Year into All-Girls Plane Build

May 28, 2025 Vermont

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Drilling Down: Six Questions with Vanessa Tilford About the SoCal Trades Tour

May 20, 2025 California

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Students Fabricate “Buddy Benches” to Help Elementary Kids Make Friends

May 20, 2025 Utah

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‘Earn and Learn’ Skilled Trades Programs for L.A. High Schoolers to Expand This Summer as Demand for Workers Grows Amid Existing Shortages

May 12, 2025 Los Angeles, CA
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