Taking career and technical education beyond the classroom
Work-based learning experiences can be powerful learning opportunities, but they can be a challenge to coordinate.
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Work-based learning experiences can be powerful learning opportunities, but they can be a challenge to coordinate.
Offering four different styles of learning creates the best chance of success for all students
We put students in charge of a project-based learning project -- a multidiscipline "Dracula"-themed escape room -- and here’s what happened.
Getting college credit for prior learning can help people slash thousands of dollars from tuition and reduce time needed to complete a degree.
It is our job as educators to engage students and help them explore career options as early as we can to set them up for success.
Community college apprenticeships should be credit-based, stackable and connected to growth industries., Lisette Nieves writes.
An emerging group of education entrepreneurs are building pathways to help historically underserved college grads get better jobs. One unlikely common denominator: building near-peer social capital.
Entrepreneurial education can help students chart a course for success. Here’s how.
Five ways to help students prepare for the workforce.
Four music professionals offer real talk about what students need for workforce success.
In part II of this STEM policy update, we hear from Lindsey Gardner about STEM and CTE.
In part I of this STEM policy update, we hear from Lindsey Gardner about STEM and ESSA funding.
How can administrators encourage the interconnectedness of STEAM? Get three tips.
Speakers presented the latest in STEM education at the 4th SmartBrief STEM Pathways Summit.
Anne Jolly was a STEM teacher before she knew what a STEM teacher was. Are you one too?
5 ways to transform your students into creators of virtual reality content
STEM is about doing. Get strategies for hands-on, inquiry-based STEM experiences.
A recent report links lack of engagement to dropping out of school. Get engagement tips.
Building inclusive cultures where all students, including those with special needs, can shine.
How simulation is changing industry and career and technical education
Career and technical education is preparing students for life-saving fields.
Learn why this could be the era of consumer-driven higher education.
Why do 21st-century learners need to be well versed in employability and marketability?
Tech director predicts schools will offer more certifications, real-world learning to students.
Principal of Pikes Peak Early College in Colorado discusses blended and personalized learning.
A blueprint for how to foster 21st century skills.
CTE coordinator Eboni Camille Chillis shares four ways to involve more girls in STEM.
A roundup of real-time tweets from SmartBrief Education's annual STEM Pathways event.
Learn about the joy, engagement and retention of cross-curricular culinary-arts integration.
Learn how CTE helps students dream, build, create, make, innovate and problem-solve.
Maker educator shares three strategies for integrating the arts into STEM programs.
Strategies for redesigning learning environments to reinforce collaboration and technology
Leaders from metro areas recently met at the Brookings Institution to discuss youth summer jobs programs.
How hands-on, problem-based learning can bridge the gap between school and career
New Jersey school district integrates STEAM curriculum to provide new opportunities for inner-city students.
Eight culinary arts inspired STEAM lessons
SmartBrief Education to host STEM event
Two sixth-grade teachers share best practices for creating cross-curricular ties.
Dear readers, SmartBrief Education publisher Joe Riddle recently announced our editorial focus on Path to Workforce — our vision of college and career readiness,...
Jobs numbers recently released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics suggest a continued state of economic recovery, with unemployment falling to 5.6% in...
As part of SmartBrief Education’s coverage of Path to Workforce, we’ve teamed with the Association for Career and Technical Education to share CTE articles...