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K-12

Credentials of Value: State Strategies for Identifying and Endorsing Industry-Recognized Credentials

  • Case Study
October 2016 —

This policy brief from Advance CTE explores state strategies to build a credential validation system, highlighting promising practices from Florida, Kansas and Louisiana.

The State of Career Technical Education: An Analysis of State CTE Standards

  • Research/ Report
October 2013 —

This report from Advance CTE provides a national view on how states adopt, organize and implement CTE standards at both the secondary and postsecondary levels, comparing all state standards to a common benchmark, the Common Career Technical Core.

Connecting the Classroom to Careers: A Comprehensive Guide to the State's Role in Work-based Learning

  • Guide/Tool
October 2016 —

Advance CTE's comprehensive work-based learning guide provides key considerations and guiding questions to walk states through the steps of building and scaling a high-quality work-based learning system, drawing on high-quality programs and innovative strategies from across the U.S.

CTE on the Frontier: Rural CTE Strategy Guide

  • Guide/Tool
April 2018 —

This guide offers a series of questions for state leaders to use as they reflect on current efforts to expand access to high-quality Career Technical Education (CTE) and career-focused pathways and experiences in rural communities and to identify future opportunities and actions.

In Their Words: Why Business Leaders Support CTE, Career Pathways and Career Academies

  • Case Study
November 2016 —

This brief, from Advance CTE and Ford Next Generation Learning, is the outcome of two roundtables held with business leaders in Nashville and Pinellas County to explore why and how they support CTE in their communities, and offers recommendations based on their successful engagement.

Endorsements, Electives & More: CTE & State Graduation Requirements

  • Research/ Report
April 2015 —

This Advance CTE brief explores common approaches to offering or requiring CTE courses and assessments within a statewide set of graduation requirements, offers illustrative examples of state-level policies and elevates implementation issues for consideration.

The State of Career Technical Education: Increasing Access to Industry Experts in High Schools

  • Research/ Report
December 2016 —

This report from Advance CTE, in partnership with the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders at AIR, draws on data from two national surveys to examine the shortage of industry experts in secondary classrooms and how to address it.

New Skills for Youth Phase One Snapshot: Nevada

  • Case Study
  • Snapshots
January 2017 —

This snapshot profile describes Nevada's work during Phase One of the New Skills for Youth initiative. 

The Learning that Works Resource Center was developed through the New Skills for Youth initiative, a partnership of the Council of Chief State School Officers, Advance CTE and the Education Strategy Group, generously funded by JPMorgan Chase & Co