Resources

Equity in CTE & STEM Root Causes and Strategies

  • Research/ Report
  • Guide/Tool
April 2021 —

This resource provides an intersectional lens to examine specific and overlapping root causes to assist with program and institutional improvement initiatives, stimulate dialogue within and among institutions and systems and identify general recommendations for interventions.

Communicating Career Technical Education: Learner-centered Messages for Effective Program Recruitment

  • Research/ Report
April 2021 —

This Advance CTE report provides insights on what families value in their education; elevates what aspects and messages about CTE most resonate as well as the go-to messengers for information about these programs; and identifies equity gaps and corresponding message tailoring to reach each learner.

Practical Guidance for Aligning Career Pathways to Labor Market Data in the Time of COVID-19

  • Research/ Report
April 2021 —

This Advance CTE policy brief is designed to help states build better career pathways and offers promising practices for enhancing the career preparation ecosystem by leveraging labor market information (LMI) to align programs to high-skill, high-wage and in-demand occupations.

Dallas Virtual Internship Toolkit

  • Guide/Tool
April 2021 —

The Virtual Internship Toolkit is a resource to help grow the number of high-quality virtual internship experiences for high school students by providing best practice-informed guidance that can support employers and school staff to develop programs more easily.

Re-imagining Outcomes-based Funding: Using Metrics to Foster Higher Education Equity

  • Research/ Report
April 2021 —

This report by the Education Trust examines state outcomes-based funding policies and the extent to which states prioritized the enrollment and success of students of color and students from low-income backgrounds.

Engaging Representatives of Learners with Special Population Status through Perkins V

  • Case Study
  • Research/ Report
April 2021 —

This resource is designed to help states establish processes and routines for systematically engaging representatives of learners with special population status at the state level.

Investing in Student Success at Community Colleges: Lessons from Research on Guided Pathways

  • Research/ Report
April 2021 —

This brief from Columbia University's Community College Research Center discusses Guided Pathways as a comprehensive reform to the delivery of community college programs and learner supports.

Opportunities to Advance Statewide Industry Collaboration and Engagement in Career Technical Education

  • Case Study
  • Research/ Report
April 2021 —

This report explores state strategies to systematically engage business and industry leaders in support of CTE through Perkins V.