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Turning Points: How Young People in Four Career Pathways Programs Describe the Relationships that Shape Their Lives
March 01, 2017
Turning Points builds on the programmatic insights from Relationships Come First by asking young people enrolled in career pathways programs in four cities – Café Momentum in Dallas; Per Scholas in the Bronx, Urban Alliance in Washington, DC, and Year Up in the Bay Area – to describe how the relationships in their lives shape their development.
Type: Resource
TAG: Career Pathways, College and Career Readiness
promises: Caring Adults, Effective Education
channels: Family Engagement, Youth Involvement, College & Career
SOURCE: Center for Promise, Citi Foundation
Building A GradNation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic (2014)
April 28, 2014
For the first time in U.S. history the nation’s high school graduation rate rose above 80 percent, according to the 2014 Building a GradNation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic report released April 28 by Civic Enterprises, the Everyone Graduates Center, America’s Promise Alliance and the Alliance for Excellent Education. While more than eight in 10 public high school students are graduating on time, Building a GradNation shows more good news: the number of students enrolled in dropout factories has dropped 47 percent over the last decade, students of color…
Type: Resource
TAG: Career Pathways, College and Career Readiness, Special Populations
promises: Caring Adults, Safe Places, Effective Education
channels: Attendance, Health and Wellness
SOURCE: America's Promise Alliance, Civic, Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University
campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign
CTE’s Role in Science,Technology, Engineering & Math
January 15, 2014
This Issue Brief will explore the integral role Career & Technical Education programs and initiatives play in addressing the STEM challenge and securing America’s leadership in innovation. CTE programs offer students a deeper understanding of STEM career pathways, build interest in STEM-related careers by making math and science content more relevant and tangible to students, and help grow the STEM workforce pipeline by encouraging more students from underrepresented populations to enter these career fields.
Type: Resource
TAG: Career Pathways, College and Career Readiness
promises: Opportunities to Help Others, Effective Education
channels: Youth Involvement