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K-12

Massachusetts Innovation Pathways

  • Policy
January 2022 —

This policy profile describes Massachusetts' Innovation Pathways, which are designed to cultivate partnerships with employers to give learners an opportunity to deepen their knowledge and skills in a chosen career pathway before graduating from high school.

Unlocking Potential: A State Policy Roadmap for Equity and Quality in College in High School Programs for Students With Disabilities

  • Research/ Report
November 2021 —

This resource from the College in High School Alliance builds upon its state policy roadmap to illustrate how state leaders can expand access to college in high school programs for learners with disabilities.

Implementing Individual Career and Academic Plans at Scale

  • Case Study
  • Research/ Report
November 2021 —

This brief highlights promising practices for ICAP implementation at the state and local levels and provides recommendations for further state and local work to scale ICAPs. 

With Learners, Not for Learners: A Toolkit for Elevating Learner Voice in CTE

  • Guide/Tool
August 2021 —

This toolkit provides state and local Career Technical Education (CTE) leaders with actionable resources, guidance and tools to ensure CTE learner voices are elevated and heard for the improvement of CTE policies and practices.

New Skills ready network 2020-2021 Snapshot: Indianapolis, Indiana

  • Snapshots
June 2021 —

This snapshot provides a summary of the priorities for Indianapolis, Indiana's New Skills ready network team, focusing on strengthening career pathways and creating data infrastructure to guide strategic planning.

New Skills ready network 2020-2021 Snapshot: Columbus, Ohio

  • Snapshots
June 2021 —

This snapshot provides a summary of the priorities for Columbus, Ohio's New Skills ready network team, focusing on developing relationships and building capacity across and within partner organizations and identifying and analyzing program areas to attend to career pathway quality.

New Skills ready network 2020-2021 Snapshot: Denver, Colorado

  • Snapshots
June 2021 —

This snapshot provides a summary of the priorities for Denver, Colorado's New Skills ready network team, focusing on building a shared data framework to better measure the impact of career pathways and mappting career pathways to ease learner transitions.

New Skills ready network 2020-2021 Snapshot: Boston, Massachusetts

  • Snapshots
June 2021 —

This snapshot provides a summary of the priorities for Boston, Massachusetts' New Skills ready network team, focusing on building a systems-change mindset among the cross-sector team and developing common and foundational definitions to signal their commitment to equity.