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Today's CTE Investments Help Boost Students' Success

EdTech Magazine

Tue, 08/06/2019 - 12:12. There is a renewed focus on CTE amid broader debates about the value of college and the student debt crisis as well as the need for viable post-secondary alternatives. Demand for Post-Secondary Options Drives CTE Investment. The nonprofit Project Lead the Way develops STEM curricula.

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Schools Focus on Boosting Students’ Future Career Options

EdTech Magazine

In the 2018-2019 school year alone, Fairfax County students earned 18,000 industry credentials, says Beth Downey, the district’s CTE coordinator. The district enrolls more than 187,000 students in its elementary and secondary schools as well as alternative programs.

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Schools Focus on Boosting Students’ Future Career Options

EdTech Magazine

In the 2018-2019 school year alone, Fairfax County students earned 18,000 industry credentials, says Beth Downey, the district’s CTE coordinator. The district enrolls more than 187,000 students in its elementary and secondary schools as well as alternative programs.

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First nationwide look at racial breakdown of career education confirms deep divides

The Hechinger Report

In Nevada, just 4 percent of students who took a career-oriented science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) course in the 2019-20 school year — 88 students total — were Black, even though Black students make up more than 11 percent of the state’s public school enrollment.

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OPINION: We face another lost generation if we don’t do something about college enrollment

The Hechinger Report

The National Student Clearinghouse reports a 13 percent decline in freshman enrollment since 2019, including a 32 percent decline for Black students and a 20 percent decline for Latinx students in public two-year colleges. Congress may just find a way to prevent another lost generation. Sadly, these trends will likely continue.

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20 Texas Education Leaders to Follow on Twitter

MIND Research Institute

August 8, 2019. October 30, 2019. December 16, 2019. October 21, 2019. Brian Bushart is an elementary math curriculum coordinator. December 10, 2019. December 14, 2019. I am GISD proud. GISDB2S @GeorgetownISD pic.twitter.com/0pKeIP8Dwh — Tony Bonazzi (@GISDMath). N icole Shanahan @HCDE_Math.

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A World of PBL… 25 Authentic Resources To Connect Students Beyond The Classroom

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, Makerspace, Inquiry, Computational Thinking, and the 4 C’s. Also, take a moment to check out FETC 2019 in Orlando, Florida this January. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Check out my Booking Page.

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