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Wednesday November 20, 2013
Originally ran on the U.S. Department of Education's blog, November 20, 2013
This blog was authored by JFF's former CEO Marlene B. Seltzer.
This week’s announcement of U.S. Department of Labor’s $100 million Youth CareerConnect initiative is exciting news for our nation’s high school students, employers, and communities.
At Jobs for the Future, we believe all high schools can benefit from partnering with employers, colleges, and the workforce system to build seamless pathways through college and into technical careers. And thanks to funding from Youth CareerConnect, 25 to 40 school districts...
Tuesday November 5, 2013
Everyone in education is talking about the Common Core State Standards: Writing curriculum to implement them. Building capacity to teach them. Using technology to help students meet them.
This is all essential work that must be done before states begin testing in 2014 whether students are truly college and career ready, based on the Common Core.
But…
There’s something else we all need to start planning for now: What about the students who will not be deemed college ready?
While the best long-term strategy will be to improve the education of students from grades 9-11 so that more are ready,...