College and Career Readiness

College and Career Readiness

Discovery Education offers free guide to improving career readiness

The guide provides school and district leaders with a comprehensive roadmap to improving students’ career readiness, as well as actionable strategies and solutions for overcoming common obstacles to workforce preparedness.

College and Career Readiness

‘Golden ticket to job security’: Trade union partnerships hold promise for high school students

The Hechinger Report

For trade unions and CTE programs, new collaboration may be key to survival.

Research

Report: Why Career & Technical Education Holds the Key to Our Economic Future

The new report offers critical insights into the global talent gap, workforce forecasts across key industries, and how educators are using CTE to prepare students for the careers of tomorrow.

College and Career Readiness

How K12 leaders are modernizing career and technical education

Updated CTE programs emphasize soft skills, adaptability, and interdisciplinary learning in addition to job training.

Research

Research points to COVID’s ‘long tail’ on school graduation rates

The 74

Matriculation rates have declined in 26 states, but the full impact of the pandemic’s disruption might not be known for years.

Policy and Legislation

Center for American Progress calls for improving future readiness, modernizing facilities, and creating AI policies in K12

The CAP's four-chapter policy blueprint provides key recommendations for strengthening the U.S. education system at all levels.

Op-ed

Connecting learning and careers to build the workforce of tomorrow

Guilford County Superintendent: In North Carolina, education and business are working together to prepare students for good-paying, high-demand jobs.

Research

IES announces new research center studying postsecondary success of rural K-12 students

The Center will be the first to focus on improving access to postsecondary education and completion of postsecondary degrees and credentials for students from rural K-12 districts.

Research

Report: Progress being made, but pandemic recovery still "slow and uneven" in K-12

The 2024 CRPE study focused on the ongoing impact of COVID-19 school closures on special student populations, and offers recommendations for district leaders and schools to close learning gaps.

Research

Creating more equitable pathways in college and career counseling

A new study from EdTrust and All4Ed describes the elements of an ideal pathway system.

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