Resources

College and Career Readiness Begins With a Well-Rounded Education: Opportunities Under the Every Student Succeeds Act

  • Guide/Tool
April 2017 —

This policy brief from the College and Career Readiness and Success (CCRS) Center describes how states can develop and implement their own definitions of a well-rounded education focused on improving college and career readiness aligned with workforce demand and economic development efforts.

Policy, Pilots and the Path to Competency-Based Education: A National Landscape

  • Guide/Tool
April 2017 —

This report from ExcelinEd and EducationCounsel examines state competency-based education policies and makes recommendations to help other states launch pilot programs of their own.

Tennessee Work-based Learning Policy Guide

  • Guide/Tool
May 2017 —

This policy guide was developed by the Tennessee Department of Education to help schools and local districts understand and implement the state's new work-based learning framework

Bridging the Computer Science Gap: Five Actions States Can Take

  • Guide/Tool
November 2016 —

This report from the SREB provides five actions for states and schools to help more young people learn computer science and explore and choose careers in computing fields.

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