This document is a chronology of activities and accomplishments of the New Jersey Commission on Technology Education (COTE) since its inception in 1984. It is intended to provide interested education leaders with information on COTE's management structure and activities that they may want to adapt and adopt. COTE is a statewide coalition of…

Policymakers and educators agree that technology education is crucial to the development of a technologically literate society that can compete successfully in the world of the 21st century. Technology education is the study of: the application of adaptive systems, including tools, capital, materials, processes, energy, information, and people;…

During the past several years topics related to technological literacy and technology education have received increasing attention by policymakers at all levels of government. This report documents the attainment of the initial objectives set forth in an earlier report of the Commission, which was issued in 1985. A major section of this document…