Education
Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative Final Report 2020
Millions of young adults are out of school or work. We need an Education and Employment Promise
Redesigning Training Programs for the COVID-19 Era and Beyond
WHAT WE LEARNED: Adult Education’s Response to Emergency Remote Teaching and Learning
Amplifying Impact
Tri-Agency 2020: Empowering all Texans to reach their full potential
Closing the Credit-Noncredit Divide
The Overlooked Value of Certificates and Associate’s Degrees: What Students Need to Know Before They Go to College
Varying Degrees 2019: New America’s Third Annual Survey on Higher Education
Understanding the Need for Adult Education in Texas
Texas School Finance – Doing the Math on the State’s Biggest Expenditure
The Workforce in Texas: Aligning Education to Meet the Needs of Texas Employers
Current Educational Outcomes in Texas and Their Impact on the Texas Economy
Where Giving Empowers
A Decade of Neglect: Public Education Funding in the Aftermath of the Great Recession
Overcoming The Odds: Opportunity in Brownsville ISD Empowers Students
Measuring Non-Degree Credential Attainment
Commissioner’s Update on State of Public Education
Putting Pell Grants to work for working students: How modernizing our federal higher education policy can improve outcomes for students and employers in today’s economy
CTE Sector Sheets
High School Students’ Views on Who Influences Their Thinking about Education and Careers
Saving the Associate of Arts Degree: How an A.A. Degree Can Become a Better Path to Labor Market Success
State Policies Impacting CTE: 2017 Year in Review from ACTE and Advance CTE
Making College Affordable: Providing Low-Income Students with the Knowledge and Resources Needed to Pay for College
What Happens to Students Who Take Community College “Dual Enrollment” Courses in High School?
CTE Creates the Agriculture Workforce
Degrees of Opportunity: Lessons Learned from State-Level Data on Postsecondary Earnings Outcomes
Center for School, College, and Career Resources
Business Leader’s Guide to Congressional CTE Advocacy Infographic
Educate & Elevate
Texas CTE Resource Center
HIGHER ED OUTCOMES – Tracking 8th Graders’ Post-Secondary Success
The State of Career Technical Education: Increasing Access to Industry Experts in High Schools
Prosperity Requires Being Bold: Integrating Education and the Workforce for a Bright Texas Future
60×30 Tx Higher Education Plan
TAWB Education Recommendations
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PowerPoint Presentation: TAWB Education Paper
PowerPoint Presentation: TAWB Education Paper
Reframing Child Poverty
NACEP Standards
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Bridging the Gap: Examining Child Care’s Intersection with Postsecondary Education and Workforce Development
Understanding ESSA
Understanding ESSA, a new website from the Collaborative for Student Success, aggregates state-by-state information on implementation, including announcements for upcoming state outreach events, news updates and links to state resources, including the Texas Accountability System Fact Sheet.
Leveraging the Every Student Succeeds Act to Support State Visions for College and Career Readiness
The College and Career Readiness and Success Center at the American Institutes for Research recently released some new resources to support states’ efforts to promote college and career readiness as part of the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
Let’s Get This Conversation Started: Strategies, Tools, Examples and Resources to Help States Engage with Stakeholders to Develop and Implement their ESSA Plans
The Council of Chief State School Officers has a guide for stakeholder outreach that includes practical tips for states to engage ESSA stakeholders as well as examples of best practices that states are already using.
Questions and Answers Regarding the Implementation of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act
Earlier this month, the federal Department of Education (ED) released a new set of responses to frequently asked questions regarding the implementation of the Perkins Act.
America’s Divided Recovery: College Haves and Have-Nots 2016
Over 95 percent of jobs created during the recovery have gone to workers with at least some college education, while those with a high school diploma or less are being left behind. America’s Divided Recovery: College Haves and Have-Nots reveals that those with at least some college education have captured 11.5 million of the 11.6 million jobs created during the recovery.
Gallup-USA Funds Associate Degree Graduates Report
New research on associate degree holders shows that they have positive employment outcomes and are more interested in their work than individuals with a bachelor’s degree.
Best Practices in Dropout Prevention
Skills of U.S. Unemployed, Young, and Older Adults in Sharper Focus: Results From the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2012/2014
The College and Career Readiness of U.S. High School Graduates-Texas
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO TRADE & VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS: Exploring the Advantages and Opportunities in Career-focused Education
Middle School Matters
Getting Developmental Education Up to Speed
Preparing a Globally Competent Workforce Through High Quality Career and Technical Education
The Asia Society and Longview Foundation, in partnership with the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium and ACTE, have released a white paper on the role of CTE instruction in preparing students for the 21st century workforce, and the importance of integrating curriculum to develop global competencies in CTE.
Solving the Education Equation: A new model for improving STEM workforce outcomes through academic equity
The underrepresentation of women and people of color in STEM jobs is the focus of a new report from the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity. The publication addresses academic achievement gaps in STEM fields of study among students of different races/ethnicities, as well as the lack of interest in STEM courses shown by certain sub-populations.
Aligning K-12 and postsecondary career pathways with workforce needs
This report provides a first look at state policymaking activity in 13 states related to secondary and post-secondary level career/technical education (CTE).
The Condition of College and Career Readiness 2015 – Texas
National Student Clearinghouse Reverse Transfer Project
Snapshot 2014: School District Profiles
Making Pell Work – How America’s $30 billion investment in need-based college aid can be more job-driven
Keeping College Within Reach: How Texas Can Move More Low-Income and Adult Students through College
Texas’ Workforce Diploma Program
NSC State Workforce and Education Alignment Project (SWEAP)
Preparing To Launch – Early Childhood’s Academic Countdown
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Career Awareness Model
Career Technical Education and Outcomes in Texas High Schools – A Monograph
Texas Reality Check
Creating Vertical Alignment between Education and the Economy
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