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The Intersection of Informal and Formal Learning
Whether you call it staff development, training, in-service, professional learning or PD, the intent is the same — to increase educator effectiveness and improve learning outcomes. To achieve a goal of ensuring that every child has career-connected experiences and sustainable economic mobility, we must prepare our educators. During the recent 2022 SXSW EDU Conference, ASA…
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Expanding High School Work-Based Learning: A Conversation with Massachusetts – Part 2
Digging deeper into best practices and policies employed by states to expand and improve high school work-based learning programs. Since the publication of our Working to Learn report, we at ASA have been digging deeper into best practices and policies employed by states to expand and improve high school work-based learning programs. We recently spoke with Dr. Kerry…
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Leveraging Student Agency in Career Exploration
How do we begin to combat the issue of high schoolers facing uncertainty as they approach graduation? The answer, we’ve found, starts in middle school. By partnering with school districts interested in career exploration initiatives, we uncovered the tangible opportunity these programs provide — and a roadmap for other schools to follow in the years…
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ASA White Paper Highlights Improved Student Outcomes in Middle School Career Exploration
How do we begin to combat the issue of high schoolers facing uncertainty as they approach graduation? The answer, we’ve found, starts in middle school. By partnering with school districts interested in career exploration initiatives, we uncovered the tangible opportunity these programs provide — and a roadmap for other schools to follow in the years…
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Expanding High School Work-Based Learning: A Conversation with Massachusetts – Part 1
Since the publication of our Working to Learn report, we at ASA have been digging deeper into best practices and policies employed by states to expand and improve high school work-based learning programs. We recently spoke with representatives in Delaware about their success with the Pathways program; you can read Parts 1 and 2 here.…
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Relationship-Centered Schools: An Emerging Model
As research has shown, ensuring that students can carve out a path to postsecondary success requires some shifts in the way we view and approach the education environment beginning in middle school. One such shift centers on students’ relationships — that is, who is available to guide them and help them hone their skills and…
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Expanding High School Work-Based Learning: Conversation with Delaware – Part 2
In Part 1 of our spotlight series on state implementation of high school work-based learning, we took a look at the origins of Delaware’s Pathways initiative and how state legislation helped lay the groundwork. In Part 2, Luke Rhine, Director, Career & Technical Education and STEM Initiatives for the Delaware Department of Education, and Paul…
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Promising Models of Providing Equitable Access to Early College
It should come as no surprise that postsecondary education is more important than ever before. Gone are the days when a high school diploma alone would be a springboard to a stable career and a family-supporting wage. But how can we ensure that students have equitable access to quality education and training after they finish…
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Middle School Career Exploration in the Wake of the Pandemic Recovery
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve seen a number of unprecedented challenges in the classroom as the country’s schools had to take on remote learning and adapt to the needs of students in an entirely new way. Educators grappled with drops in engagement among students as they navigated learning from home amidst a…
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Tackling Opportunity Gaps by Investing in Networks, Not Just Skills
In order to reduce gaps in educational and professional opportunities for today’s young people, it’s imperative that we look beyond skill sets alone and strategically invest in student networks. A student can have the strongest skills in a particular area, but without the proper support system, might not be able to access the same resources…
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