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Career Readiness

Incremental Change Didn’t Save Blockbuster. It Won’t Save Education, Either

January 26, 2023

Career Readiness

New Student Skills for a New Economy: Education Experts on Reimagining HS

January 22, 2023

Career Readiness

Watch — New Skills for a New Economy: The Future of Youth Career Development

January 19, 2023

Brown: In South Florida, Aviation Partnerships Are Bringing Career Education Into the Modern Age for Both Students and Adults

Sparger & Jarrat: Colleges and Employers Are Not Communicating About the Skills Students Have — or Need. How They Can Bridge This Gap

Lori Sparger & Dave Jarrat

September 10, 2019

Commentary: HS Career Readiness Programs Can Break Cycle of Poverty by Linking Disconnected Youth to Jobs That Give Them a Purpose & Pathway

Charlene Lake: Why American Companies Must Engage in Training the Youth of Today to Build the Workforce of the Future

In California, High Schools Are Partnering With Businesses, Community Colleges to Get Students College- and Career-Ready

Mikhail Zinshteyn

Facing Corporate Exodus Over Unfilled Skilled Jobs, Connecticut Needs More Coders, Engineers, Computer Science Pros — and Is Willing to Pay to Educate Them

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Anderson & McClennen: Across the Country, Communities Are Creating New Ways for Students to Learn — and Empowering Them to Succeed

Amy Anderson & Nate McClennen

As Georgia Looks to Expand Its Workforce, a New Kind of College Degree Aims to Establish Atlanta as the Financial Technology Capital of America

Aleksandra Appleton

Redefining the ‘American Dream’ for the Age of Automation: Are We Setting Kids Up to Fail by Selling an Outdated Vision of Success — and Ignoring What Research Says About Happiness?

Shaw & Erquiaga: Charlotte Is Investing in Social Capital to Help Students Move Up the Economic Ladder. Other Cities Should Follow Suit

Molly Shaw & Dale Erquiaga

Robots, Inequality, Apprenticeships: If America Is to Usher In an ‘Age of Agility’ in Education, Experts Say We Must Talk Less About Schools — and More About Students

Why Women Excel at Prized ‘Soft Skills’ but Still Trail Men When It Comes to Being Hired for the STEM Careers of the Future

February 18, 2019

Bultan: The U.S. Needs a Road Map for Addressing the Future of Work. 3 Key Areas Where States and Local Governments Can Take the Lead

Debbie Cox Bultan

January 28, 2019

Commentary: In Our Changing Economy, We Need New Flexible Education Systems to Usher In an Age of Agility for Tomorrow’s Workforce

Cheryl Oldham, Tim Taylor & Tom Vander Ark

January 23, 2019

How Arizona Is Building Its Own Talent Pipeline to Solve the Stubborn Teacher Shortages Hitting State’s Low-Income Schools

January 15, 2019

How Does a College Grad End Up at a For-Profit Technical School? It’s All About the Job Market — and the Value of a Bachelor’s Degree

January 9, 2019

Oldham: In Texas, in Illinois, and Around the Country, Businesses Are Working With Students to Better Bridge Classrooms With Careers

December 10, 2018

The ‘Middle Skills’ Gap: Half of America’s Jobs Require More Than High School Diplomas but Less Than 4-Year Degrees. So Why Are They Under So Many Students’ Radars?

December 10, 2018

Can Innovative Rural Schools Stem the Urban Bleed?

December 4, 2018

Horn & Counselman: Why States Should Break the College-Degree Stranglehold and Make Jobs Available to All Qualified Applicants

Michael B. Horn & Gunnar Counselman

December 3, 2018

Deeds: What an ‘Entrepreneurial Mindset’ Means for K-12 Education and the Skills Students Must Learn Before Entering the World of Work

December 3, 2018

When Co-Curriculars Spark Careers: Over 80 Years, How ‘Career and Technical Student Organizations’ Have Evolved From Bricklaying to Business Management to Robotics

November 27, 2018

Gandal: Not All Industry Credentials Are Created Equal. Here Are 4 Steps for Figuring Out Which Are the Best for Student Success

November 27, 2018

Beyond ‘College for All’: With Success Eluding More University Hopefuls, High Schools Are Pivoting to Prepare Grads for Prosperity Without a Bachelor’s Degree

November 26, 2018

The Age of Retraining: How Employers Are Working to Upskill Employees and Stave Off the Rise of the Machines

November 13, 2018

In Silicon Prairie, Kenzie Academy’s Apprenticeship Program Trains Students for High-Paid Tech Jobs of Tomorrow — Without College or Debt

October 29, 2018

Bailey: Income Share Agreements Are an Innovative Way of Financing Tuition — and an Investment in the Workplace of Tomorrow

October 29, 2018

Jewell: To Transform the Path to the 21st Century Workplace, Schools & Businesses Must Get Together and Teach the Skills Employers Need

October 29, 2018

For 36 Million Workers, a College Degree Was the Path to a Good Job. But That’s Not the Only Way to Get One

October 24, 2018

Struggle for the Future: Schools Lag in Preparing Students for the Age of Automation

October 24, 2018

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