Skill Development refers to the mastery of academic and technical content youth need in order to develop a range of non-academic, social and emotional, and employability skills. These skills are sometimes referred to as ‘soft skills’ and are seen as essential in order for youth to be successful in college, career, and beyond.
Resources
Dual Enrollment: The Role of Policy in Promoting Quality Pathways to Postsecondary Success
This webinar focused on dual enrollment as part of an overall effort to ensure all students have flexible and appropriate pathways to postsecondary success.
Early College, Early Success: Program Overview, Research Findings, and Implications for Practice
This webinar highlighted recent research findings from a rigorous study of Early College High Schools.
Social, Emotional and Physical Well-Being for Youth in Transition from the Foster Care System
This webinar highlighted program and policy supports that reinforce the social-emotional health of youth in the foster care system as they transition into coll…
Better Together Case Clinic: Messaging and Branding
This webinar provided the opportunity for “Better Together” cities to interact with national experts and local communities that have engaged in the critical wo…