Before we tackle the dangerous dissolution of something now called “Career and Technical Education,” let’s cut to the cool stuff about what, ahem, normal people call “woodshop classes.” Heck, even my ...
Woodshop classes have disappeared from some schools, but one Pleasant Hill middle school teacher is reintroducing the curriculum to a new generation of students. When 7th graders file into Nicole ...
PLEASANT HILL — Dust replaced sawdust in the eight years that Valley View Middle School’s woodshop sat dormant. After a search to replace a retiring instructor proved fruitless, power tools were given ...
MINNEAPOLIS — The pandemic shuttered countless community spaces for the arts and creativity. In Minneapolis, Jess Hirsch’s DIY woodworking shop for women and nonbinary people wasn’t spared. Women’s ...
Terre Haute South High School senior Miah Gambill is college bound, but this year she’s also learning how to use a table saw, drill press and edge sander. She had no prior experience in woodworking, ...
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