Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 2 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 11 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
| Davis, Carolyn S. | 1 |
| Hale, Elizabeth L. | 1 |
| Kaye, Cathryn Berger | 1 |
| Keily, Tom | 1 |
| McSpadden, Paggie | 1 |
| Rowe, Anne | 1 |
| Shively, Joe E. | 1 |
| Sibert, Bonnie | 1 |
| Sibley, Michael O., Ed. | 1 |
| Zippert, John | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Descriptive | 15 |
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Numerical/Quantitative Data | 2 |
| Collected Works - Serial | 1 |
Education Level
| High Schools | 5 |
| Higher Education | 5 |
| Postsecondary Education | 5 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 3 |
| Secondary Education | 3 |
| Grade 8 | 2 |
| Middle Schools | 2 |
| Adult Education | 1 |
| Grade 10 | 1 |
| Junior High Schools | 1 |
Audience
| Policymakers | 1 |
| Practitioners | 1 |
Location
| Alabama | 15 |
| Kentucky | 5 |
| Tennessee | 5 |
| Virginia | 5 |
| Maryland | 4 |
| Mississippi | 4 |
| North Carolina | 4 |
| West Virginia | 4 |
| Arkansas | 3 |
| Florida | 3 |
| Georgia | 3 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| ACT Assessment | 1 |
| National Assessment of… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textKeily, Tom – Education Commission of the States, 2019
Researchers suggest that the economy of the future will consist of jobs that do not currently exist, there will likely be a shortage of individuals with necessary education and credentials to fill those jobs, and if the nation does not produce this workforce, there will likely be a $1.72 trillion loss in productivity by 2030. Considering these…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Labor Force Development, Educational Policy, State Policy
Hale, Elizabeth L. – Institute for Educational Leadership, 2016
"Opening Doors, Changing Futures" tells the story of the collective impact the Appalachian Higher Education (AHE) Network had on postsecondary education attainment in 10 of the 13 states in Appalachia during school years 2011-2016. It depicts the current economic and education contexts in the region and highlights why increased post-high…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Networks, Access to Education
Direct linkSouthern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2015
Southern Regional Education Board's (SREB's) Commission on Career and Technical Education challenges states to build bridges from high school to postsecondary attainment and career advancement by developing rigorous, relevant career pathways that align secondary, postsecondary, and workplace learning and lead to high-skill, high-wage jobs in…
Descriptors: Credentials, Regional Programs, Alignment (Education), Articulation (Education)
Kaye, Cathryn Berger – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
The green concept has tremendous value in schools, especially when it reflects the central purpose and mission of schools: educating young people to participate and civically engage in society. School communities that keep greening the school on the periphery of their awareness will reap advantages, but those that align this idea with the…
Descriptors: Leadership Responsibility, Research Methodology, Service Learning, Metacognition
Center on Education Policy, 2011
This individual profile provides information on Alabama's college and career readiness assessment policy. Some of the categories presented include: (1) CCR assessment policy; (2) Purpose; (3) Major changes in CCR assessment policy since the 2009-10 school year for financial reasons; (4) State financial support for students to take the CCR…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Career Development, Careers, College Preparation
Alliance for Excellent Education, 2011
Alabama is in the process of transitioning to new English language arts and mathematics standards that will better prepare students to be successful in college and their careers. Time, effort, and resources must be dedicated to effective implementation in order to realize the promise of these new common core state standards. This paper captures…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, College Preparation, Career Development
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2013
This newsletter of best practices in implementing the High Schools That Work (HSTW), Making Middle Grades Work (MMGW) and Technology Centers That Work (TCTW) school improvement models is based on presentations at the 27th Annual HSTW Staff Development Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the summer of 2013. The newsletter is divided up into…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Learner Engagement, Assignments, High Schools
ACT, Inc., 2011
Annually, ACT provides a snapshot of the college and career readiness of ACT-tested high school graduates. This report is offered as a service to inform policymakers and practitioners about selected indicators of effectiveness and how that translates into readiness. It is designed to stimulate discussion, inquiry, and action. This report for the…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Academic Achievement
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2009
High schools that enable educators to nurture the distinctive interests and talents of all groups of students can help more students stay in school and find the motivation to prepare for college and careers. By implementing six clear-cut ideas, or conditions, that evidence shows can lead more students to success, schools and communities can…
Descriptors: Careers, High Schools, Classes (Groups of Students), Career Development
Sibert, Bonnie; Rowe, Anne; McSpadden, Paggie – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2007
Career clusters represent a nationwide effort to help learners obtain the knowledge and skills they need for career success, mobility and advancement by aligning what is taught in the classroom to business and industry expectations. In this article, the authors, education department officials from Nebraska, Virginia, and Alabama, outline the…
Descriptors: Business Education, Education Work Relationship, Career Planning, Career Development
Sibley, Michael O., Ed. – Alabama Department of Education, 2010
"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…
Descriptors: Counties, Public Service, Public Education, Bullying
Zippert, John – 1977
The Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway (TTW), connecting the Port of Mobile, Alabama with Appalachia and mid-America, is the largest public works project now under construction in the U.S. Investigating the potential TTW impact on poor, rural, and black populations in the impact area, the Federation of Southern Cooperatives initiated a study in 1970…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Career Development, Community Education
Shively, Joe E.; Davis, Carolyn S. – 1978
The goal of the Conecuh County (Alabama) project was to successfully implement into its curriculum an Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program based on the model developed by Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, which integrates academic requirements and work experience opportunities into a comprehensive curriculum. To determine…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education
Conecuh County Board of Education, Evergreen, AL. – 1977
The Conecuh County, Alabama, Experienced Based Career Education (EBCE) project, based on the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) model, was evaluated for the period of October 1, 1976 to September 30, 1977. Assessment instruments gathered data in the areas of basic skills, career development skills, and life skills from twenty-three…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Business, Career Development, Career Education
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1976
A description of the basic elements of a research based instructional system for educational personnel development for vocational programs is presented in this report. This description indicates how the system derives inservice competencies for teachers from pupil performance and eventually results in institutionalized change in preservice teacher…
Descriptors: Career Development, Competency Based Teacher Education, Delivery Systems, Educational Research
