This section offers information on how schools and districts are preparing students for postsecondary education and careers in a constantly evolving world.
Dr. Candace Singh, Superintendent of California’s Fallbrook Union Elementary School District (FUESD) is passionate about STEM and is dedicated to providing each of her students an engaging STEM learning experience. But Dr. Singh, known as Candy to her team, quickly recognized the district needed a strong plan to bring this...
When Dr. Sonia Stewart, principal at Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School, came to Nashville from Chicago, she brought with her both the background knowledge and experience of working with community schools. So in addition to furthering the community schools strategy at Pearl-Cohn, she has helped Community Achieves (CA), the Metro...
Working with local business and community leaders helps schools and the businesses better prepare students for their careers, plus it helps shore up crucial support for public education in the communities
Successful schools should engage families and communities in support of students, according to the Learning First Alliance’s Elements of Success: 10 Million Speak on Schools That Work . A solid body of research shows that involving families and community members in important roles improves student learning and development, as well...
Schools and businesses should collaborate to help the "forgotten half" of students who don't enroll in college find meaningful career paths
This article was originally published by Hobson's . For years, lack of detailed data correlating high school skills and experiences with workforce outcomes left policy advisors claiming the generic label ‘college and career readiness skills’ applied equally well to students’ readiness for university and workplace opportunities, often leaving students, families,...
Career advising and development is an increasingly prevalent topic in policy conversations, but too often only focuses on high school-level strategies. Learners should see a clear line through their education from career awareness to exploration to planning, and this can only occur if strategies and initiatives are aligned across grade...
Today’s career and technical education (CTE) is not yesterday’s vocational education, and it’s not just for non-college goers. The National School Boards Association's Center for Public Education (CPE) new report, “ Career and Technical Education: Building New Pathways into the Labor Market ,” finds that CTE provides multiple pathways into...
