True Blue Culver’s Helps FFA Chapters Attend Convention
Three FFA chapters received scholarships to attend convention, thanks to Culver's Third Annual FFA Essay Contest.
Pink Out!
The Yelm FFA shows what can happen when a chapter works together to serve its community.
Alternative Energy Powers Tennessee Agricultural Education
For Whites Creek FFA members in Nashville, agricultural education is a ride fueled by alternative energy.
This Georgia Teacher Made the FFA Motto a Classroom Rap
For many FFA members, school is back in session. In agricultural education classrooms that means learning all about FFA.
Summer 2017: FFA in the USA
Here are some of the important and exciting things happening in FFA communities across the nation.
Ohio FFA Members Pay Tribute to Fallen Heroes at Arlington National Cemetery
Landscape design students at the Knox County Career Center in Mount Vernon, Ohio, travel to Washington, D.C., to help landscape at Arlington National Cemetery.
#AgItForward: California FFA Chapter Promotes Agricultural Literacy
The San Luis Obispo FFA in central California created a viral social media campaign in 2014.
Ag Angle: Stewartsville, Missouri
The bond this man has with his granddaughters is enough to make anyone swell with pride.
Monument Valley FFA Chapter Featured On PBS NewsHour
The agricultural education program of an impressive Arizona FFA Chapter earned more recognition this week as it was featured on PBS NewsHour. Monument Valley FFA Chapter, located in Kayenta, Arizona, is home to a career and technical education program that defies odds and serves students inside the Navajo Nation. The program is coordinated by Clyde McBride, recently named as an Education Week Leader To Learn From: McBride, who is the director of career and technical education in the 2,000-student Kayenta Unified school district, started this program in 1990 and has built it into a powerhouse that catapults students past the odds they’d face without it. In a Native American community of high poverty and unemployment, his 200 students outscore their peers statewide on math and English tests, and 100 percent graduate from high school, outstripping the statewide average by 22 percentage points. Three-quarters of McBride’s graduates enroll in college or training programs. The rest go straight into the workforce. “The work he does and the successes of his students are phenomenal,” says Jeanne Roberts, who oversees [...]
Spring 2017: FFA in the USA
FFA chapters and state associations nationwide share their recent highlights.
