1. All Learner Levels
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All Learner Levels

Lessons in Collaboration and Innovation: The Impact and Promise of the Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment

  • Research/ Report
January 2022 —

Braiding Funding To Support Equitable Career Pathways

  • Research/ Report
January 2022 —

This resource from Advance CTE is the fourth in a series of policy briefs centered on strengthening career pathways and offers promising practices for leveraging available federal, state and local funding sources through braiding.

Pushing the Limits: A Roadmap for Advancing CTE Without Limits

  • Guide/Tool
October 2021 —

This resource serves as the primary evaluation and initial planning tool for state CTE leaders to implement the principles of Without Limits: A Shared Vision for the Future of Career Technical Education through self-assessment questions, sample implementation steps, and an action planning template.

Youth Apprenticeship in Action: Principles in Practice

  • Research/ Report
September 2021 —

Jobs for the Future (JFF) under The Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship (PAYA) developed a brief that looks to serve both new and emerging youth apprenticeship programs.

The Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship Data Framework A Program's Guide to Youth Apprenticeship Data

  • Guide/Tool
September 2021 —

The Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship Data Framework was developed to guide and support youth apprenticeship partnerships in building out data systems that monitor the effectiveness of youth apprenticeship programs.

Career Readiness Metrics Framework: A Continuum of Actionable Measures of Career Development and Readiness

  • Guide/Tool
September 2021 —

This Career Readiness Metrics Framework presents a comprehensive list of metrics that span middle school through adulthood and provides a standard for practitioners, policymakers and researchers to evaluate whether learners are on track for and progressing through their career pathways.

Brave Dialogues: A Guide to Discussing Racial Equity in Career Technical Education

  • Guide/Tool
August 2021 —

The purpose of Brave Dialogues: A Guide to Discussing Racial Equity in Career Technical Education is to provide state Career Technical Education (CTE) leaders with language and tools to engage in discussion around racial equity in CTE.

Kansas Must Invest In and Train Young Workers: Report

  • Case Study
  • Research/ Report
August 2021 —

In early 2020, the Kansas State Chamber of Commerce commissioned a report through Economic Leadership on the Kansas’ workforce. The report compiled research, reviews of best practices and lessons learned from states around the country.