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
Career Pathways to Employment: Aligning Career and Technical Education to Labor Market Projections
This forum highlighted a new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce entitled: Career Clusters: Forecasting High School thr…
The Impact of Higher Achievement’s Year-Round Out-of-School-Time Program on Academic Outcomes
This forum highlighted a new report from Higher Achievement, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit that provides youth with a rigorous afterschool and academic summ…
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Aligning K-12 and Higher Education to Support College and Career Readiness and Success
OverviewThis study mission for state policymakers focused on how policies can strengthen the alignment of expectations and resources across the educational pip…