Monday, August 22, 2022
Accelerate ED: Building A Better Path between K-12, College, and Work
How Accelerate ED design teams are building essential opportunities for all students to earn postsecondary credentials
Blog: Mind the Gaps
Category: College and Career Readiness
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Monday, August 22, 2022
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Spotlight: Connecting the Momentum Metrics to New Economic Opportunities in Tipton, TN
Last year, Ford announced plans to build BlueOval City, a $5.6 billion mega campus that will produce next generation electric vehicles and batteries, in western Tennessee. The move will create 6,000 jobs in the region and has the potential to...
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Accelerating Recovery: Where Are We Now?
Two years ago this month, the world as we knew it changed. As schools and economies shuttered across the globe in response to the coronavirus pandemic, it quickly became clear that the impacts of this crisis would reverberate for years...
Monday, February 28, 2022
Spotlight: Creative Partnerships to Improve Student Success in Osceola County, FL
It’s no secret that schools across the country are often strapped for resources and time to fully support each student’s individual needs. This is particularly true for schools that serve a majority of students of color and/or those experiencing poverty....
Thursday, February 3, 2022
Leveraging Cross-Sector Partnerships to Redesign High School Mathematics
Over the course of my 13-year tenure in advising and academic affairs at both open-access community colleges and selective four-year institutions, I uttered the words “You have to change your major or find a different program” far too many times—disproportionately...
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
States’ Pivotal Role in Expanding Postsecondary Advising
The pandemic has caused dramatic shifts in K-12 education, higher education, and the labor market and diverted many students’ postsecondary plans. Students are entering their third year of pandemic-impacted schooling, and they need advising on how to navigate these changing...
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Accelerate Recovery: Stop the College Readiness COVID Slide
The COVID-19 crisis continues to lay bare the reality that a postsecondary credential is the safest bet for an individual’s long-term economic stability. The most recent unemployment figures may be the harshest reminder yet that, in the aggregate, the answer...
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Let’s Deliver on the Potential of Advanced Coursework
What is one of the most powerful predictors of a student’s likelihood to enroll and succeed in higher education? Whether that student earned postsecondary credit while in high school—through completion of a dual enrollment course, passage of an Advanced Placement...
Friday, December 20, 2019
Going Further to Reach the Goal: SHEEO/ESG’s First Attainment Academy
Pablo Picasso famously stated that “goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.”
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Passing the Baton: State Leaders Must Collaborate Across Sectors to Accelerate Postsecondary Transitions
As the 2019 track and field world championships take place in Doha, Qatar this month, I am really looking forward to my favorite event: 4×100 relay. This event tops my list because of what it represents – teamwork at its...
Friday, November 30, 2018
Community Colleges Can and Should Lead on K-12/Higher Ed Alignment
As good jobs for those with only a high school diploma continue to decline, the associate degree offers high school graduates the most efficient option for upward mobility. But options alone aren’t enough to advance in this economy. Students need...
Friday, November 16, 2018
Put Youth on a Path to Education and Employment
Education plus experience equals opportunity. That’s one of the biggest takeaways from efforts across the country to improve students career readiness. And it is a lesson that is on display every day in high-quality youth apprenticeship programs. We must build...