Trenton Central High School has partnered with Hatboro manufacturer M&S Centerless Grinding and Mercer County Community College to implement the Pathways in Technology Early College High School concept, writes Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman for The Trentonian.

P-TECH is a growing trend in which learning centers provide teenagers with higher education in science, technology, engineering, and math – or STEM – aided by colleges and industry.

If successful, students participating in P-TECH will graduate with high school diplomas, useful work experience, and valuable industry credentials.

“They will also walk out of Trenton Central with no-cost associate degrees in a high-growth field,” said NJ Gov. Phil Murphy, one of the major proponents of the program. “These young folks will graduate and they will get really good jobs, good wages, good benefits.”

The program will enroll 150 students from the start.

IBM developed the innovative P-TECH educational model nine years ago by partnering with the New York City Department of Education, the City University of New York, and the New York City College of Technology to open the first P-TECH school in Brooklyn. Today, this type of education is being replicated around the world.

Read more about M&S Centerless Grinding at The Trentonian by clicking here.

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