Resources

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.

Strengthening Career Pathways Through the Power of State and Local Partnerships

  • Research/ Report
June 2021 —

This resource from Advance CTE is the third in a series of policy briefs centered on strengthening career pathways. It offers promising practices for leveraging the strengths of state and local leaders to cultivate sustainable, scalable partnerships and advance high-quality career pathways.

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.

New Skills ready network 2020-2021 Snapshot: Dallas, Texas

  • Snapshots
June 2021 —

This snapshot provides a summary of the priorities for Dallas, Texas' New Skills ready network team, focusing on developing a community-aligned view of labor market information (LMI) and creating a collaborative approach to work-based learning supported by a virtual internship toolkit.

Pathways Matter to Families: What Parents and Young Adults Believe and Want to Know About Education to Workforce Pathways

  • Research/ Report
June 2021 —

This report from ExcelinEd investigates what parents and students know and perceive about credentials and college and career pathways. CTE leaders will find this report useful to learn what types of support and information families need to successfully navigate available pathways.

New Skills ready network 2020-2021 Snapshot: Nashville, Tennessee

  • Snapshots
June 2021 —

This snapshot provides a summary of the priorities for Nashville, Tennessee's New Skills ready network team, focusing on establishing a shared understanding around systemic barriers to racial equity and developing a data-sharing agreement between secondary and postsecondary institutions.

Online Career and Technical Education Programs during the Pandemic and After: A Summary of College Survey Findings

  • Research/ Report
May 2021 —

The Urban Institute in partnership with CTE CoLab engaged in a rapid-response survey to community and technical colleges to understand the acceleration of online CTE programs during the pandemic.