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What We Know about Guided Pathways

  • Case Study
  • Research/ Report
March 2015 —

This brief from the Community College Research Center lays out the what and how of guided pathways, a more coherent guidance, advisement and course taking system for postsecondary students designed to support completion and degree attainment.

State Policy Approaches to Support Prior Learning Assessments

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  • Guide/Tool
January 2015 —

This guide from the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) can help state leaders develop policies in support of Prior Learning Assessment (PLA). The guide includes areas of consideration, current strategies used by states to promote PLA, case studies and a sample state policy.

Preparing a Globally Competent Workforce Through High-Quality Career and Technical Education

  • Case Study
January 2015 —

This report from Asia Society, Longview Foundation, ACTE and Advance CTE discusses the importance of including global skills and perspectives into high-quality CTE. It includes examples for educators and policymakers who wish to integrate global competencies into CTE classrooms.

Made in China: Challenge and Innovation in China's Vocational Education and Training System

  • Case Study
January 2015 —

This report from the Center on International Education Benchmarking examines China's approach to vocational education and training, highlighting promising examples and providing recommendations for enhancing the system to meet the needs of the future workforce. 

Externships and Beyond: Work-Based Learning for Teachers as a Promising Strategy for Increasing the Relevance of Secondary Education

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  • Research/ Report
October 2014 —

This white paper from EDC demonstrates how work-based learning and externships can be used to support CTE teacher professional development by profiling promising state and local externship policies. 

Credit Quandaries: How Career and Technical Education Teachers Can Teach Courses that Include Academic Credit

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  • Guide/Tool
October 2014 —

This brief from the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders at the American Institutes for Research explores the question of how states can ensure that CTE teachers can award academic credit to students for their classes. 

State Strategies for Sustaining and Scaling Grades 9-14 Career Pathways

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October 2014 —

This brief from Jobs for the Future draws on early work from the Pathways to Prosperity Network to lay out policy and structural changes states should take into consideration as they build career pathways between secondary and postsecondary systems.

CTE is Your STEM Strategy

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  • Guide/Tool
December 2013 —

This paper from Advance CTE explores the connection and overlap between CTE and STEM education. States can use this resource to help identify connections, to learn from other state strategies, and to develop their own strategies to connect STEM and CTE in their policy, practice and rhetoric.