In recent years, school districts have made a stronger push to gauge student interest in trade careers, extolling the virtues of the region’s technical schools and the wide-open job market for skilled ...

Simeon Chappell spent a lot of time in his childhood being handy around the house. “If my dad was fixing something, I’d try and help, or I’d take measurements for him to cut wood,” said Chappell, 19, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WESTBOROUGH ― They stand side-by-side on the afternoons they are working on their project to transform scraps of wood into ...

Students in the Carpentry program at the Tyler ISD Career & Technology Center (CTC) are gaining hands-on experience while working toward the National Center for Construction Education and Research ...