The City of Chattanooga is rich with educational opportunities. Chattanooga State Technical Community College is a jewel in the Tennessee Board of Regents crown. This campus provides a wide-range of offerings and a fast-paced approach to creating new programs of study to meeting the needs of students, including a new programs for those seeking to prepare to enter the world of NASCAR and a two-year professional actors training program. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is one the best academic public universities in Tennessee. Their new engineering department is the envy of other schools in the Southeast and is connected to the Challenger Center on campus. The Department of Education, Arts & Culture partners with these institutions to provide drama, arts, music, GED training, and English as a Second Language in Chattanooga recreation centers and schools. The Department of Education, Arts & Culture works with the Chattanooga schools within the Hamilton County Department of Education, bringing programs into the schools to enrich student's learning experiences, aiming to improve reading and math achievement levels, and encouraging students to dream, to graduate and continue their education and accomplish their goals.