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The Credentialing Conversation: Four Sound Bites
At ASA, we talk a lot about the importance of strong, early work-based learning experiences for kids. The other side of that conversation, though, is credentialing. What happens on the back end of a work-based learning experience, and what the learner walks away from the experience with, is every bit as important as the experience…
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New Digital Playbook Helps Middle Schoolers Prepare for Their Futures
If you’ve read any of our content or attended any events with us the last few years, you’ve probably heard us talk at length about middle school. We focus so much on the middle grades because our research and experience at ASA have shown us it’s the prime time for students to begin the career…
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Student-Led or Teacher-Led? Career Exploration Can be Both
Over half of U.S. high school graduates say school didn’t prepare them for making decisions about careers. To-date, there are only pockets of success in the U.S. education system where kids are being guided to understand how their interests and skills connect to purpose-backed careers. Scaling that success remains an elusive feat. At ASU+GSV Ashley…
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Students Need More Real-world Experience from Industry
The challenge: what’s preventing high school work-based learning from becoming more widespread? We know from our research at ASA that while 79 percent of high school students would be interested in a work-based learning experience, only 34% were aware of any opportunities for students their age — and just 2% of students had completed a hands-on career…
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Skills: Building Blocks for Every Pathway
The skillset a person possesses is their ticket to a good job and a life-sustaining wage. While this has always been true, it’s more important than ever that people leave school not just with a head full of knowledge, but with in-demand, hands-on skills, and a mindset of lifelong learning that will form the basis…
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What are the ingredients for education-to-workforce success? My conversation with Mike Palmer on the Trending in Ed podcast
It’s been a busy podcast season for ASA! A few months back I spoke with Michael Palmer of the Trending In Education podcast about career pathways and the need for earlier career and self-exploration among kids. I come to my work with a policy background, having spent over ten years working with US Senator Ted Kennedy (MA). During my…
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Ready for Learning, Earning, and Life
At ASU+GSV, ASA convened a panel of experts to discuss the idea of getting students prepared for their futures in school, work, and life. What can educators, parents, and organizations do to ensure that all kids leave school with the confidence to take their unique next step and armed with the knowledge and skills they’ll…
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Democratizing Success: Blended Pathways for the Next Generation
Ask people who went to high school 20 years ago what they were told their future should look like, and you can bet most will say, “First go to college, and then get a job.” Increasingly, though, we’re seeing that career success can be unlocked in any number of ways that are far from linear. One…
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Preparing the Next Gen for Careers of the Future: My Conversation with Jean-Claude Brizard and Michael Horn
One of my most memorable ASU+GSV experiences was participating in a fireside chat moderated by author and education consultant Michael Horn, alongside the President and CEO of Digital Promise Global, Jean-Claude Brizard. We wasted no time diving into a question that’s so important, it seems the future of the country rests on it. Namely, how…
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Changing the World is Hard: What Impact Investors Think About Non-Degree Pathways
Employers are looking to expand their talent pipelines and transform the way they hire. Young people are seeking out different pathways to the workforce than those their parents pursued. And in the background, impact investors are on the hunt for the smartest solutions to bring to life this much-needed social change to bridge what’s currently…
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