PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) – Wildcat Welding & Hobby Shop in Northeast Portland is a spot where crafters and do-it-yourselfers can learn new skills like welding, electrical wiring and metal smithing ...

The Schools Reviving Shop Class As a Hedge Against the AI Future© Caleb Alvarado for The Wall Street Journal Welding teacher Quincy Millerjohn in one of the campus shops at Middleton High School ...

A welding teacher says hands-on career training can win back disengaged students but schools and the state erred by emphasizing college for all and letting trade education die at many California ...

TARPON SPRINGS — Dan Jantac spends most of his summers at his grandfather’s citrus farm in Brazil. He learned the basics of ...

Kenneth Roellig laughs Tuesday as he talks about the old days in Tolono’s Unity High School welding shop, soon to be named in his honor. The plaque dedicating the Unity High welding shop in ...

Metalworking Welding Technology Damonte Ranch – The only high school currently without a shop class, as there were no facilities built there to sustain a program of this kind.

PHILADELPHIA—Elijah Rios won’t graduate from high school until next year, but he already has a job offer—one that pays $68,000 a year. Rios, 17 years old, is a junior taking welding classes ...

He was motivated to apply to West-MEC because it offered 900 hours of welding training compared to the 150 to 200 hours offered by a high school welding shop.

BILLERICA — Shawsheen Valley Technical School was awarded a $1 million grant as part of the Healey-Driscoll administration’s $17 million Skills Capital Lab Modernization initiative.

A high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is offering a welding program where students can learn the skills of this high-demand trade.

High school shop classes are back as students prepare for a future in which artificial intelligence has taken over white-collar jobs.

Brent Tuttle has taught welding for 24 years to more than 3,000 students. He says California high schools should offer more classes like his, training students in trades rather than steering them ...