The smell of metal permeates David Swanson’s first-period class as he swaps bluejeans and sneakers for a pair of Carhartts and steel-toe boots. Like many of his classmates, Swanson, 17, has taken the ...

A new study of the schooling and workforce outcomes for 4,414 "early-career" adults (median age 29) found that students earned about 2 percent more each year for each advanced or upper-level ...

In teacher Jennifer Burrell’s sports medicine class at Valley High School in Santa Ana, students are learning how to take vital signs. They can measure blood pressure, respiration and pulse rates.

Jeff Linko began his career in an auto dealership, as a mechanic for DaimlerChrysler. Life under the hood suited him. He specialized in transmissions, though he could also repair brakes, steering, air ...

Tiffanie Madden, 18, believes there is more to getting an education than learning to read and write and multiply. In fact, if Carson High School didn't offer vocational classes, she said, she wouldn't ...

Vocational education courses at Osceola High School — threatened by low enrollment — will be offered again next year, school officials said last week. Small class sizes meant classes were not paying ...

Twenty years ago, when high school students needed to call their parents from school, they had to go to a pay phone. So many things have changed over the years. Now, even vocational classes like home ...