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Missouri Career Education

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01/24/08 Feature:  Two Missouri DECA teams qualify to compete in international Virtual Business Challenge
01/14/08 Feature: Cindy Shannon, Parkhill High School marketing teacher, receives 2008 Leavey Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education

 

News Releases

 
01/09/2008 DESE News Release:  DESE Will Hold 6 Public Hearings on Career Education Plan
12/18/2007 Gov. Blunt Seeks Solutions for Building Missouri's Workforce of Tomorrow – Workforce 2025 report released
12/14/2007 Gov. Blunt Announces Education Package to Prepare Missouri Students for 21st Century Careers
12/14/2007 ACTE News Release:  Lee's Summit Technology Academy Students Capture National PSA Contest for 2008 CTE Month (doc)
12/07/2007 National FFA News Release:  National FFA Organization Announces Dr. Steve Brown as New National FFA Executive Secretary (pdf)
12/06/2007 U.S. Department of Education News Release:  Steve Brown Named National FFA Secretary
11/15/2007 Blunt Announces Missouri One of Five States Selected to Participate in New Math and Science Project for Young Women
10/31/2007 DESE News Release:  Five Young Missourians Provide National Leadership for Student Career Organizations (FFA, FCCLA, FBLA, PBL, PAS)
10/17/2007 Governor Blunt Proclaims October 18 "Lights On Afterschool Day"
10/17/2007 DECA News Release:  Missouri DECA Elects Executive State Officers (pdf)
09/20/2007 Governor Matt Blunt Awards $1 Million to Enhance Afterschool Programs for Students
08/30/2007 Lebanon FACS Teacher Selected 2007-08 Teacher of the Year Finalist
08/30/2007 2007 SkillsUSA State Conference (6-minute highlight video)
06/22/2007 DESE News Release:  14,000 to Convene in Kansas City for National SkillsUSA
06/19/2007 Governor Blunt Announces Funding for Math-, Health-Related Afterschool Programs
05/24/2007 39 Missouri Marketing Students Earn Top 10 International Honors
04/25/2007 DESE News Release:  Inspire-by-Example Awards Presented to Students for Community Service
04/19/2007 DESE News Release:  Breaking Traditions Awards Recognize Top Nontraditional Students and Teachers
04/19/2007 DESE News Release:  Agricultural Education Students Hold 79th Annual FFA Conference
04/12/2007 DESE News Release:  Missouri FBLA Keeps Growing, Leadership Conference Held
04/11/2007 DESE News Release:  Governor Proclaims April as Youth Economic and Financial Literacy Month, Savvy High School Teams Recognized
04/05/2007 FCCLA News Release:  Troy Middle School FCCLA Safe Driving Project Selected for National FACTS Award (pdf)
03/29/2007 DESE news release:  SkillsUSA and TSA Meet This Week
03/23/2007 DESE news release:  FCCLA State Leadership Conference Builds Skills for Life
03/16/2007 DESE news release:  Marketing Education Students to Compete
03/02/2007 DESE news release:  Tech Prep Students of the Year Honored in Jefferson City
03/01/2007 DESE news release:  Maysville High School "Three-peats" as State LifeSmarts Champion
02/23/2007 DESE news release:  Student Leaders Will Shadow Lawmakers and State Officials
02/23/2007 DESE news release:  Nine High School Teams to Compete for Statewide Consumer Challenge Title
LifeSmarts Fact Sheet (pdf)
02/14/2007 DESE news release:  February Is Career and Technical Education Month
02/13/2007 Fact sheet and background about Missouri Career Education (pdf)
01/25/2007 Industry Councils Advise Missouri Education
DESE News Announcement      KOMU News Broadcast
10/19/2006 DESE news release:  Schools Are Developing Required Classes in Personal Finance
   

Career Education News Clips

12/13/07 UCM team leads state STEM Project (UCM DigitalBURG)
11/24/2007 New Math, Science Project Designed for Girls (Branson Daily News)
11/13/2007 A Desire to Lead:  Orchard Farm Senior Wins Election as State Secretary for DECA (txt) (St. Charles Journal)
10/30/07 MU Student Elected National FFA President (Columbia Missourian)
10/28/2007 National FFA Officers Elected, President Is Zach Kinne of Eagleville, Mo.  (Brownfield News Network)
10/18/2007 Afterschool Illumination (KOMU-TV)

05/29/2007

As I See It:  Joe Davis on Project Lead The Way (Kansas City Star)

05/04/2007

What's Cool at School?  Culinary Arts (Columbia Missourian)

04/23/2007

Parkview Sends Record 10 Students to International DECA Competition (Springfield Business Journal)

04/21/2007

FFA Guides Aggies Into Education (Columbia Missourian)

04/20/2007

State FFA Convenes in Columbia (Columbia Missourian)

03/30/2007

Students Compete in SkillsUSA (KOMU-TV)

03/27/2007

Victim's Story Inspires FCCLA Teens (Columbia Tribune)

03/23/2007

Kickapoo Students Prep for Missouri High Mileage Challenge (Springfield News-Leader)

03/08/2007

Pre-college Project Leads the Way for Engineering's Future (St. Joseph News-Press)

02/19/2007

Linn State Hosting Student Leadership, Skills Conference (txt) (Jefferson City News Tribune)

01/25/2007

Industry Councils Advise Missouri Education  (KOMU News)

01/01/2007

Technical Training Develops New Role in Education  (MissouriNet)

01/09/2007

Students elected to top posts in Missouri DECA (txt) (St. Charles Journal)

10/19/2006

Students on the Dollar  (MissouriNet)