Policy: District

Evidence-Based Practices Supporting College and Career Readiness in High School: Early College High School

Explore Early College High Schools as an evidenced-based practice to support high school college and career readiness.

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Career Pathways Initiatives

What should states interested in career pathways consider in choosing from current models?

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Integrating Employability Skills into Everyday Instruction

To be competitive in an increasingly global economy, students entering the workforce will need more than just academic knowledge to be successful. Employability skills are becoming a critical component of making students truly ready for success in the work place.

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Employability Skills for All Classrooms

Submitted by Catherine Jacques on Thu, 07/30/2015 - 11:12am

To meet the demands of the 21st century workplace, today’s students need to master more than traditional academic skills. Future jobs will increasingly require employability skills – mastery of technology, problem-solving and communication skills, and the ability to work as a team and apply knowledge to new situations.

Expanded Learning Time in Four States: Opportunities and Challenges

Submitted by Garet Fryar on Wed, 06/24/2015 - 11:50am

How can giving students and teachers more time at school benefit education outcomes? Schools across the country are implementing extended learning time (ELT) to answer this question.

College and Career Success Through Lifelong Learning Skills

Submitted by Michael McGarrah on Wed, 04/29/2015 - 10:19am

At a time when rigorous content standards and evaluations of teacher and student performance are on the rise, it is especially pertinent and critical to ensure that teachers and education leaders attend to the foundation for learning and working. Education researchers have identified the components of that foundation as a collection of skills commonly referred to as Lifelong Learning Skills.