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Reports: Career development

Career and Technical Education: Current Policy, Prominent Programs, and Evidence
MDRC, September 2023, 44 pp.
This paper begins with an overview of career and technical education, examining how various policies have fostered the growth of CTE. It also provides details on the types of programs and institutions that offer CTE, and the evidence base to support each of them. more info >

Do Sectoral Training Programs Work? What the Evidence on Project Quest and Year Up Really Shows
Brookings Institution, January 2022, 8 pp.
This report examines evidence on the sector-based programs Project Quest and Year Up, concluding that they remain among the most successful education and training efforts available for US workers. more info >

Web sites

Georgetown Public Policy Institute Center on Education and the Workforce
The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce is an independent, nonprofit research and policy institute affiliated with the Georgetown Public Policy Institute that studies the link between education, career qualifications, and workforce demands. more info >

Education Commission of the States
Educational information covering early learning, K-12, and postsecondary. The issue sites include summaries of the facts, what states are doing, programs and practice, and sources of additional information on topics such as school readiness, assessment, at-risk students, charter schools, child abuse, educational attainment, mentoring, teaching, and many more. more info >

ERIC Database (Education Resources Information Center)
Database of education research. more info >