The dealership decided it was better to train workers who graduated from high-school shop classes. Workers who start at $19 ...

School districts around the U.S. are spending tens of millions of dollars to expand and revamp high-school shop classes for the 21st century.

Welders, mechanics and carpenters could have a promising future in the digital age. School districts around the U.S. are spending tens of millions of dollars to expand and revamp high-school shop ...

High school shop classes are back in a big way as students and educators prepare for a future in which AI could take over many of what we today think of as "white-collar" jobs.As the Wall Street ...

Shop class is back and kids are signing up for it. In addition to reading, writing and arithmetic, a freshman class at Piscataway Magnet High School in New Jersey is also learning how to build a ...

Many schools have phased out classes like auto shop and home economics in favor of college prep courses. One local district ...

What's drawing students back to shop class 03:12. At Middleton High School in Wisconsin, shop class is back — and booming. For three decades, Justin Zander has shaped both wood and minds.

Interest in these courses is high. Approximately 25% of the 2,300 students at Middleton High School have enrolled in construction, manufacturing, and woodworking classes.

RENO, Nev. — In the Washoe County school district, nearly every high school offers trade and skilled classes such as welding, metalworking, and architecture. Ho ...

But a shortage of shop class teachers in Canadian high schools might make them hard to find. To meet the federal government’s promise to “build, baby, build,” the country is going to need a ...

CORINTH, Maine (WABI) - A shop class has helped Central High School students bring learning to the great outdoors. “We used a little lift to lift up all the boulders, pull it up, cut the wood to ...