The demand for manufacturing is growing — and the skills needed on the shop floor are changing. More and more businesses are removing their production bottlenecks with advanced robots. @CCAC turned to Standard Bots to train the next generation on AI-native robots, designed and assembled in the U.S. Standard Bots' Core robot offers a built-in camera and AI skills that prepare students for the future of manufacturing work. A wide ecosystem of compatible accessories and tooling extends what they learn into other domains of automation and robotics. The exciting part? According to Justin Star, Endowed Professor of Advanced Technology at CCAC: "Not only do we see [manufacturing] coming back to the United States, but the tools needed to enable next-generation manufacturing are being made here... that's inspirational.” We make robots for those who make America.

A @USDOL grant assisted in creating @KansasCityKSCC's Commercial Construction Technology Training Program to provide students with the hands-on training and skills needed to fill the commercial construction jobs being created in their local communities. Senator @RogerMarshallMD and I had the opportunity to visit KCKCC's Downtown Campus to see how this program and other initiatives, like the employer-guided Automation Engineer Program, are creating pathways for students to pursue high-paying careers close to home. 📍Kansas City, Kansas

The newest United States National Strategy for Financial Literacy is a roadmap to help every American build the knowledge and skills needed to achieve financial security for themselves and their families. The advent of Trump Accounts demonstrates what this approach looks like in practice. By giving young Americans and their families an opportunity to save and invest together, we can make financial education tangible, help a new generation establish sound financial habits from an early age, and build the knowledge and confidence to participate in our financial markets.

The Witcher 3 Remastered is adding a lot more than just better graphics. CD Projekt Red has revealed several gameplay and quality-of-life changes: - Skill trees have been reworked, with three ranks per skill and prerequisite skills needed to unlock new ones. - Quest tracking is better, with markers for unfinished questlines on the map. - Meditation gets a new time-lapse, making it feel more immersive. - Bard’s Ballad mode makes the game easier to follow by simplifying some mechanics for players who struggle with mental fatigue or concentration. - Photo Mode is getting more options, including the ability to add characters to your shots. importing an existing save will reset your skill points, so you’ll need to rebuild your character. And yes, the Remastered update is coming as a free upgrade.

The first AI generation is already here. At #AIforGood2026#, and Michael Crow explored how AI is transforming education and the skills needed for the next generation. HER SYMBIOSIS continues to follow global conversations shaping the future of AI. #AI#

This weeks #PLPrimaryStars# PE lesson working with Key Stage 2 classes at @prestolee_1911 is working on throwing, retrieving and striking skills.🤾‍♀️🏏 We are playing a fun game of rapid retrieve to work on all the skills needed in striking and fielding games? @PLCommunities

The near impossible is becoming possible. We are building toward a sustained human presence at the lunar South Pole. It begins with Phase 1: CLPS landers and LTV rovers testing the “science of survival” on the lunar surface before heavy HLS cargo landers deliver the mass and infrastructure needed for an enduring presence. We are building the Moon Base for all we will learn, the innovation that will improve life on Earth, the inspiration for the next generation of explorers, and to master the skills needed for where we will inevitably go next...Mars. The Golden Age of lunar exploration has begun.

At Garner Holt, creative design meets advanced manufacturing to produce some of the world's most innovative animatronics. During my visit, I learned how the company's Education Through Imagination program is providing students of all ages with the resources, pathways, and opportunities to explore the intersection of creativity and technology while developing the skills needed to carry on its legacy of innovation. 📍Redlands, California