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Resources on preparing students for what comes after high school graduation. Includes Redefining Ready! college- career- and life readiness tools.

January 01, 2023
Establishing Community Partnerships to Support the School to Workforce Pipeline in Rural School Districts

Type: Report

Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness, Rural Communities

Strategies for rural districts looking to partner with community organizations to support the school to workforce pipeline. Includes a discussion guide.
January 01, 2023
Case Study: The River Valley School District (Pa.)

Type: Case Study

Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness, Curriculum & Assessment

How one AASA Learning 2025 Demonstration System is creating a future-driven school district
December 01, 2022
Broadening Students’ Skills and Readiness Beyond School

Type: Article

Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness

The fourth column in our series showcases Ephrata, Pa., one of AASA Learning 2025’s Lighthouse school districts.
November 17, 2022
Re-Building Student Supports for Pandemic Impacted Times: Student Success Systems and the GRAD Partnership

Type: Webinar Recording

Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness, Curriculum & Assessment, District & School Operations

Join us for a webinar to learn how the GRAD Partnership is working with districts, schools, and communities to Rebuild Student Success Systems to meet current needs.
October 01, 2022
How Baldwin Prepares Students for Their Futures

Type: Article

Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness

The second column in a year-long series showcasing each of the AASA Learning 2025’s Lighthouse school districts.
July 01, 2022
Rural Labor Market Analysis

Type: Report

Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness, Rural Communities

How the changes in technological, economic and demographic shifts at the national level impact college and career readiness within the context of rural schools.
June 01, 2022
Future Ready Schools—NJ Collective Impact Success Story

Type: Article

Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness

A comprehensive system around educational technology and future readiness towards personalized learning for all students in the state.
March 01, 2022
Points of Light for Learning 2025

Type: Article

Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness, Curriculum & Assessment, District & School Operations, Early Learning, Equity, Leadership Development

School districts serve as demonstration sites to ‘light the path to the rest of the country’
January 01, 2022
Expanded Career Prep Must Begin Before Graduation

Type: Article

Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness

AASA works to focus attention on students’ workplace readiness alongside college preparation.
January 01, 2022
The Modern Youth Apprenticeship

Type: Article

Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness, Curriculum & Assessment

A scalable strategy for work-based learning that leads students to effective careers and social mobility
January 01, 2022
Distinct Approaches to Building Hometown Talent

Type: Article

Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness, Rural Communities

A glimpse into three Hometown Talent Initiative communities as they built programs, opportunities and relationships based on the unique strengths, needs and assets of their respective area.
January 01, 2022
Our World of Work-Based Learning

Type: Article

Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness, Curriculum & Assessment

While building and nurturing relationships with community partners, a Chicago-area school system develops communication, critical thinking and problem-solving skills among students
January 01, 2022
Developing Homegrown Talent

Type: Article

Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness, Rural Communities

Eight rural school districts are using career-connected learning to contribute to the local communities’ workforce
January 01, 2022
Reframing Work-Based Learning for Relevancy

Type: Article

Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness, Curriculum & Assessment

School systems and local industries jointly create apprenticeships and certification programs for high schoolers in high-needs fields
October 08, 2021
Redefining Education for the 21st Century

Type: Case Study

Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness, Curriculum & Assessment

Case Study: How leadership at Baldwin Union Free School District put flexibility first and freed systems, staff, and students to innovate
October 08, 2021
When Students Imagine Positive Futures

Type: Case Study

Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness, Curriculum & Assessment

Case Study: How a large, economically disadvantaged district guided students to grasp the power of their education today to create a hopeful tomorrow
October 01, 2021
‘Innovation-Ready’ Graduates

Type: Article

Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness, Curriculum & Assessment

If workplace managers most desire creative problem solvers and imaginative thinkers, how are some schools reimagining student growth?
August 01, 2018
Defining What a Youth Apprenticeship Is

Type: Article

Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness

Youth apprenticeship is an evolving concept in the U.S. with no single, legal definition.
August 01, 2018
The Allure of Europe's Youth Apprenticeship Connection

Type: Article

Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness

Policymakers in the U.S. have been fascinated by European youth apprenticeship systems for decades.
August 01, 2018
Test-Driving the Future

Type: Article

Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness

WHAT DO YOU want to be when you grow up? It’s a question students hear from the time they set foot in a classroom until the day they graduate from college. When they are young, their answers are rarely the same year to year. The sky’s the limit.

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