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Published by Bain & Company, this report examines how career-connected learning can better prepare students for high-demand careers while helping employers build stronger talent pipelines. Drawing on research, employer interviews, and examples from successful initiatives across the country, it outlines strategies for expanding high-quality career-connected learning through stronger partnerships among schools, employers, higher education, and policymakers.
The report highlights the importance of work-based learning, aligned credentials, and coordinated public policy to ensure more students have equitable access to career pathways that lead to long-term economic opportunity.
The report highlights the importance of work-based learning, aligned credentials, and coordinated public policy to ensure more students have equitable access to career pathways that lead to long-term economic opportunity.
Published by Bellwether, this report examines how Colorado, Delaware, Tennessee, and Texas have developed statewide ecosystems that support multiple career-connected learning models. Drawing on policy analysis, document review, and interviews, it identifies the governance structures, cross-sector partnerships, funding strategies, and state policies that enable career academies, CTE, early college, dual enrollment, and youth apprenticeships to grow together rather than in isolation.
The report offers practical lessons and policy recommendations for state leaders seeking to build coordinated, sustainable systems that expand access to high-quality career-connected learning opportunities for all students.
The report offers practical lessons and policy recommendations for state leaders seeking to build coordinated, sustainable systems that expand access to high-quality career-connected learning opportunities for all students.
Published by Bellwether, this report synthesizes research and expert interviews to identify the policies that enable high-quality career-connected learning models to grow and succeed. It examines evidence supporting approaches such as career academies, CTE programs of study, dual enrollment, early college high schools, P-TECH, and youth apprenticeships, and outlines the state policies that support their implementation and long-term sustainability.
The report is intended to help policymakers and education leaders expand access to proven career-connected learning opportunities that improve students’ college, career, and workforce outcomes.
The report is intended to help policymakers and education leaders expand access to proven career-connected learning opportunities that improve students’ college, career, and workforce outcomes.
This Pathway2Careers report examines how career-connected math instruction impacts student engagement, achievement, and relevance in the classroom. Drawing on educator feedback and implementation data, it highlights how integrating real-world career contexts into math lessons helps students better understand the purpose of what they are learning.
The report outlines key use cases for P2C Math, including increasing student motivation, supporting differentiated instruction, and strengthening alignment between academic content and future career pathways. Findings suggest that when math is connected to real-world applications, students show greater interest, improved performance, and stronger connections between school and future goals.
The report outlines key use cases for P2C Math, including increasing student motivation, supporting differentiated instruction, and strengthening alignment between academic content and future career pathways. Findings suggest that when math is connected to real-world applications, students show greater interest, improved performance, and stronger connections between school and future goals.
This U.S. Department of Education report presents a strategy to “reimagine” the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to better serve educators, policymakers, and researchers. Drawing on stakeholder input and a review of current practices, the report identifies challenges including fragmented research efforts, slow data delivery, and limited classroom relevance. It proposes a series of major shifts, such as prioritizing high-impact education challenges, streamlining and modernizing federal data systems, and increasing collaboration with states and districts.
The recommendations aim to ensure that education research is more timely, actionable, and aligned with real-world needs to improve student outcomes.Examines post-pandemic academic recovery across schools, showing uneven gains in math and reading and varied paths back to pre-COVID achievement
The recommendations aim to ensure that education research is more timely, actionable, and aligned with real-world needs to improve student outcomes.Examines post-pandemic academic recovery across schools, showing uneven gains in math and reading and varied paths back to pre-COVID achievement
This NWEA research brief analyzes post-pandemic academic recovery patterns across more than 9,000 U.S. schools, highlighting significant variation in both initial learning loss and subsequent gains. Drawing on MAP Growth assessment data from millions of students, the report identifies distinct recovery trajectories, including schools that avoided major declines and those that rebounded after substantial setbacks.
Findings show that while some schools have returned to pre-pandemic achievement levels, many continue to lag—particularly those serving higher-poverty and historically marginalized populations. The brief offers insights for education leaders on targeting supports, setting realistic recovery goals, and sustaining long-term academic improvement.
Findings show that while some schools have returned to pre-pandemic achievement levels, many continue to lag—particularly those serving higher-poverty and historically marginalized populations. The brief offers insights for education leaders on targeting supports, setting realistic recovery goals, and sustaining long-term academic improvement.
This Pathway2Careers report explores the importance of structured career exploration beginning in middle school. Drawing on national research and practical implementation examples, it outlines how early exposure to careers helps students develop self-awareness, connect academic learning to future pathways, and build essential planning skills.
The report offers evidence-informed strategies for embedding career exploration into middle school curricula, school counseling, and advisement systems to support equitable access to postsecondary and workforce opportunities.
The report offers evidence-informed strategies for embedding career exploration into middle school curricula, school counseling, and advisement systems to support equitable access to postsecondary and workforce opportunities.
This technical report examines whether high-dosage tutoring can be scaled across diverse districts in ways that meaningfully accelerate learning. Drawing on decades of evidence, the report reinforces that tutoring is most effective when it is frequent, individualized, delivered during the school day, and aligned with core instruction—not treated as informal homework help.
Across 2022–23 implementation efforts in districts including Chicago Public Schools and Fulton County Schools, results suggest that in-school tutoring can generate large gains in math achievement (about two-thirds of a year of learning), while reading results are still emerging.
Across 2022–23 implementation efforts in districts including Chicago Public Schools and Fulton County Schools, results suggest that in-school tutoring can generate large gains in math achievement (about two-thirds of a year of learning), while reading results are still emerging.
Analyzes student survey data showing declining math interest and motivation, with insights to help schools reengage learners post-pandemic
Details outcomes for students in NYC CTE-dedicated high schools, showing links between CTE, engagement, credit accumulation, and diploma on-track status