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
Study Tour (Los Angeles, CA) Integrating Career Readiness into K-12 Schooling for Postsecondary Success
This study tour highlighted how schools are integrating more robust academic content, higher-order skills, and academic mindsets practices with career educatio…
- April 12, 2016
The Power of Mentoring: Ebony Rempson, 2016 Halperin Award Winner
Ebony Rempson is the winner of the 2016 Samuel Halperin Youth Public Service Award.
- April 11, 2016
It’s Time to Suspend Out of School Suspensions
Christopher Lemos, Research/Policy InternSomething alarming has been happening in a number of Kentucky public schools over the past school year. Elementary su…
Moving the Needle for First-Generation College Students: Comprehensive Advising from College Access to Success
This webinar highlighted comprehensive advising strategies for supporting first-generation college students and discussed the role of policy in scaling these e…