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Here to Stay: Expanding Pathways in Postsecondary Education
At this year’s SXSW EDU conference, I spent some time on the stage with a number of impressive people: Hudson Baird of PelotonU; Dan Fisher of the ECMC Group; Dr. Aisha Francis of the Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology; and Hari Sreenivasan of Amanpour & Company, PBS. The topic was something I spend a…
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If Not a Degree, Then What? Verifying Candidates in a Skills-based Hiring Framework
At this year’s SXSW EDU, I joined a panel conversation with Mike Flanagan of Mastery Transcript Consortium, Tim Taylor of America Succeeds, and moderated by Courtney Reilly of Skillsline, to weigh in on a very timely topic: the need for employers to be able to look beyond the college degree as they vet and verify…
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If Not a Degree, Then What? Verifying Candidates in a Skills-based Hiring Framework
At this year’s SXSW EDU, I joined a panel conversation with Mike Flanagan of Mastery Transcript Consortium, Tim Taylor of America Succeeds, and moderated by Courtney Reilly of Skillsline, to weigh in on a very timely topic: the need for employers to be able to look beyond the college degree as they vet and verify…
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SXSW EDU Spotlight: Engaging Employers in High School Work-based Learning
Each year, SXSW EDU brings together many of the most influential and forward-thinking professionals working in and around U.S. education. This year, I had the chance to moderate a panel discussion with a few such experts: Jason Tyszko, Vice President of the Center for Education and Workforce at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation; Stephanie…
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SXSW EDU Spotlight: Engaging Employers in High School Work-based Learning
Each year, SXSW EDU brings together many of the most influential and forward-thinking professionals working in and around U.S. education. This year, I had the chance to moderate a panel discussion with a few such experts: Jason Tyszko, Vice President of the Center for Education and Workforce at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation; Stephanie…
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What Happens When a High School Internship Takes You to City Hall?
Izzy Fitzgerald’s story provides a look at how work-based learning in high school can give students a running start. Preface: Why High School Work-Based Learning? Work-based learning experiences — like internships, apprenticeships, and co-ops — can help students in deciding what paths they may want to take after high school. But while 79% of high…
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High School Is Too Late to Start The Career Conversation
Here’s why we have to engage students in career readiness learning beginning in middle school Why Middle School: Challenging an Outdated Paradigm with a New Approach The model has remained steady for decades: wait until kids are juniors or seniors in high school to get them thinking seriously about what education-to-career pathways they may want…
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Many Gen Z Teens Don’t Feel Career Ready
It’s time to bring the future into focus for millions of students. The Sobering Reality A statistic that keeps us up at night: nearly half of Gen Z students in K-12 say they don’t have enough information to make informed decisions about their post-high school plans. That means we have a whole lot of young people graduating into…
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Navigating a Critical New Frontier in K-12 Career Readiness: Middle School Work-based Learning
When you think of “work-based learning” — that is, hands-on career education experiences like internships, apprenticeships, and job shadowing — what age group comes to mind? Odds are, you’re thinking about college or perhaps even high school. But as ASA research shows, middle school is the prime time to begin engaging young people in career readiness learning…
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Gen Z Participation in Advocacy
American Student Assistance (ASA) recently conducted a quantitative survey of more than 2,000 13-18-year-olds from across the nation to gain insights into Gen Z’s level of confidence in their ability to effectively advocate for various social issues and causes. This included insight into what might inspire more teens to speak out on issues, barriers to participating in advocacy,…
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