Tag: career pathways
Career Pathways and the Future of American Education
March 2nd, 2023
In the last couple weeks, Opportunity America, in concert with the Walton Family Foundation, released a compendium of essays entitled, “Unlocking America’s Future.” See here for the 12 essays and a video of the release. This is a provocative mix of perspectives from the right and the left. I wrote one of them, here, entitled, “Career...VIEW ARTICLE
Reasons to Be Optimistic about the Wilmington Learning Collaborative
October 8th, 2022
Next week marks the potential next step in a multiyear process led by Governor John Carney to bring together the Wilmington community to support schools in the city. As the state’s most populous city, with a history of structural racism and persistent poverty, Wilmington often stands apart in policy conversations—especially when...VIEW ARTICLE
Supporting Delaware’s Students in the Wake of COVID
September 27th, 2022
Whether you are a parent/guardian, a student, or an educator, you have felt the academic and developmental impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the spring of 2020 and the better part of the next two years, school was disrupted. And whether a student was learning virtually or in-person, their academic and social experiences were...VIEW ARTICLE
Building Self-Identity and Mapping the Future: How Delaware is Beginning to Rethink Middle School
July 14th, 2022
National leaders like Advance CTE are helping lay the groundwork for middle grades redesign. Having been cited and celebrated as a national leader in career pathways, Delaware has built a robust career and technical education (CTE) system that is integral to high school in Delaware. Despite the state’s success, it has become...VIEW ARTICLE