HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A Huntsville career and technology school is drawing national attention as Fortune magazine examines the growing skilled trades shortage gripping the U.S. economy.
The Huntsville Center for Technology, a $40 million facility where roughly 700 students leave their traditional high schools for part of the day to receive industry-standard training, was featured Sunday in a lengthy Fortune report examining how schools and companies are responding to a looming workforce crisis.
At the center of the coverage is HCT’s “Inditech” program, developed in partnership with Toyota Alabama, which operates one of the automaker’s largest U.S. facilities in Huntsville, assembling nearly half of Toyota’s engines in North America…