Where have all the Shop Teachers Gone?
Shop class is in a pickle. We have shops vacant of students due to the lack of teachers trained to teach, or wanting to teach, in the shop and I do not see a solution on the horizon. I just heard that we train roughly 3000 teachers per year for 900 jobs annually, and only […]
Should a SawStop be in Every School?
By: Steve Cecchi & Paul Klein Steve Cecchi (SD #33 Chilliwack) – I have been teaching Grade 9 middle-schoolers how to use a table saw for over 20 years. Of all the machines and techniques that I introduce to these young builders, none are more intimidating for them than the table saw while at the […]