TWEET OF THE WEEK
#Apprenticeships: “College without the debt” https://t.co/2RxTvJ6BVj via @usatoday. @CalCommColleges @LaunchPathNow @YoungInvincible #CTE
— Van Ton-Quinlivan (@WorkforceVan) March 29, 2016
ARTICLE(S) OF THE WEEK
This week, Advance CTE, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and CCSSO announced the 25 recipients of phase one of the New Skills for Youth grants. Twenty-four states and Washington, D.C. will receive $100,000 six month grants to develop career readiness action plans. In addition to a national press release, many states distributed press releases or were covered in articles including: Oklahoma, Delaware, Montana, South Carolina, Illinois, Utah, Massachusetts and Kentucky.
RESOURCE OF THE WEEK
The Institute for Education Sciences released a variety of new grantee areas in education research, including CTE. Research should address policies, programs and practices that increase career readiness in secondary education students.
Katie Fitzgerald, Communications Associate
