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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.

Opportunities for Connecting Secondary Career and Technical Education (CTE) Students and Apprenticeship Programs

  • Case Study
  • Research/ Report
June 2017 —

This report by Advance CTE profiles eight secondary apprenticeship programs and identifies strategies to connect CTE students with apprenticeship programs.

How States are Making Career Readiness Count: A 2016 Update

  • Research/ Report
May 2016 —

This report, an update to the 2014 Making Career Readiness Count from Achieve and Advance CTE, includes state-by-state information on how and which career-ready indicators states are including in their reporting and accountability systems.

Building a Skilled Workforce for a Stronger Southern Economy

  • Case Study
  • Research/ Report
June 2018 —

This report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and the National Skills Coalition provides a roadmap of steps southern states may take to establish policies to close their skills gaps.

Building Workforce Skills in Afterschool

  • Case Study
November 2017 —

This brief from Afterschool Alliance explores the potential of afterschool programs, examining case studies in different communities across the U.S., and unpacks how exemplar programs in these areas are helping learners explore career options and gain critical workforce skills.

Career Exploration in Middle School: Setting Students on the Path to Success

  • Case Study
  • Guide/Tool
May 2017 —

This report from ACTE examines different approaches to supporting career exploration in middle school and highlights examples from states. 

New Skills for Youth Phase One Snapshot: South Carolina

  • Case Study
  • Snapshots
February 2017 —

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

Preparing Teachers for a Project-Based World

  • Guide/Tool
November 2016 —

This report from Getting Smart and the Buck Institute for Education is the second in a three-part series examining how project-based learning can prepare students for success in the 21st century economy

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