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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.

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

  • Case Study
  • 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. 

Career Academies: Investing in Students, the Workforce and Career Technical Education

  • Case Study
  • Guide/Tool
May 2013 —

This Advance CTE brief defines career academies, describes their history and outlines research supporting these dynamic institutions. National, state and local career academy-related efforts are highlighted.

Making It Happen: How Career Academies Can Build College and Career Exploration Programs

  • Research/ Report
January 2013 —

This report from MDRC summarizes a three-year evaluation of the Exploring Career and College Options program in California, Florida and Georgia. The report provides critical lessons and strategies for expanding career exploration activities in career academies. 

Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century

  • Case Study
  • Research/ Report
February 2011 —

Pathways to Prosperity, from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, analyzed the reasons that America has failed to prepare so many of its youth, and suggests a national strategy that focuses on approaches beyond an academic, classroom-based education system.

Career Academies: Long-Term Impacts on Labor Market Outcomes, Educational Attainment, and Transitions to Adulthood

  • Research/ Report
June 2008 —

Career Academies, designed to provide academic and technical training around a career theme, are a widely-used approach for high school reform. This MDRC study evaluates Career Academies, describing how they influenced students’ labor market prospects and postsecondary education attainment.