For Summit High School teacher Oakley Van Oss, education is about giving students the tools to improve the world around them — literally. In his construction technology and welding classes, Van Oss ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. About three years ago, Steve Barr arrived home to find his 12-year-old son in the garage cutting wood with a circular saw. "I was ...

RIFLE – Bailey Rogers and Tristin Bair looked at the metal pieces on the Rifle High School welding room floor, trying desperately to figure out a way to force them into a perfect square. After a few ...

Southern Maine Community College welding instructor John Gallagher offers some welding instruction to Luvundisa Kalombako. COURTESY / SOUTHERN MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE A group of new Mainers is ...

KIMBALL — They may just be traditional high school kids, talking about writing essays for an English class, complaining about their math homework and getting ready for the weekend. But once they set ...

Charles Reed, a first semester welding student from St. Francisville, says he’s on track to be a combination welder but wouldn’t be if it had not been for the instructors at Baton Rouge Community ...