Career Readiness and Cross-Sector Competencies
A new white paper from America Achieves focuses on the role cross-sector competencies play in career readiness. Getting Real about Career Readiness: A Focus on Cross-Sector Competencies is the first …
CCSSO Releases Recommendations for Valuing College and Career Readiness
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and Education Strategy Group (ESG) have released Destination Known, a report which includes recommendations to support states as they develop accountability systems …
Accountability, College & Career Readiness: Is This the Best We Can Do?
In Education Week’s Top Performer’s blog, Marc Tuker recently reflected on the gap between typical American practice and global best practice when it comes to college and career readiness. Below …
How ESSA Can Help States Improve College and Career Readiness
The College and Career Readiness Center at AIR has released a College and Career Readiness and Success (CCRS) Organizer Scorecard. This tool is a self-assessment that can provide a snapshot …
Advancing Deeper Learning Under ESSA
Policymakers and practitioners who face a deluge of important decisions affecting thousands of schools can find advice from some of the top education thinkers in the country in JFF’s new …
The Paradox of Education: Learning Over Knowing
Heather McGowan has published an intriguing new article examining the need for a focus on learning, rather than knowing, in order to prepare students for the 21st century. A portion …
Building Blocks for College and Career Readiness
A recent report released by The Foundation for Educational Excellence titled Building a Bright Future: Understanding College Readiness in Baltimore City Public Schools includes useful indicators and building blocks for …
Survey: Education around the World is not Preparing Students to enter the Workforce
A recent study conducted by Gallup titled, “Connecting Education to the Real World” with input from the members of the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) in Doha, Qatar finds …
How Are States Reporting on College and Career Readiness?
States are collecting and reporting on a wide range of college and career readiness measures. A new brief and interactive map from the Center on College and Career Readiness and …
Deeper Learning: A Primer for State Legislators
Deeper learning is a term being used more and more across the country, and state education leaders are being asked to create and implement aligned policies. A new report from …