Resources

A Tool for Sustaining Career Pathways Efforts

  • Guide/Tool
December 2015 —

This paper from RTI International draws on change management theory to provide a model for states to execute a comprehensive career pathways strategy.

Connecting the Classroom to Careers: Setting a Statewide Vision for Work-based Learning

  • Case Study
  • Guide/Tool
October 2015 —

This Advance CTE resource examines Tennessee's statewide vision for work-based learning and identifies best practices. It includes resources, lessons learned and key questions for consideration for other states to use as they set their own vision for work-based learning programs and policies.

South Dakota: CTE Teacher Certification Rule Changes

  • Policy
November 2015 —

To address the teacher shortage, the South Dakota State Board of Education changed administrative rules for Career Technical Education (CTE) teacher certification in November 2015, introducing more consistency and flexibility to the certification process.

Individual Learning Plans for College and Career Readiness: State Policies and School-Based Practices

  • Research/ Report
October 2015 —

This national study from the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) provides a national overview of how states and schools have designed and leveraged individualized learning plans, including state-specification information and resources.

Skills in the States: Sector Partnership Policy Toolkit

  • Guide/Tool
October 2015 —

This toolkit from the National Skills Coalition provides information that state policymakers and advocates can use to drive the establishment or expansion of sector partnership policies at the state level.

Toward a Better Balance: Bolstering the Second "C" in College and Career Readiness

  • Guide/Tool
October 2015 —

This report from the NASBE draws on findings from a cross-state Career Readiness Study Group to explore how state boards of education can expand and enhance career readiness efforts in their states.

Career and Technical Education in High School: Does It Improve Student Outcomes?

  • Research/ Report
April 2016 —

This study from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute uses data from Arkansas to explore whether students benefit from Career Technical Education (CTE) coursework - and, more specifically, from focused sequences of CTE courses aligned to certain industries.

The CTE Equation in Florida

  • Case Study
October 2015 —

This report from CNA Education identifies high-growth, high-wage occupations in Florida and maps them to associated CTE Career Clusters ®.

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