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Gonzalez, Naihobe; Alberty, Elizabeth; Brockman, Stacey; Nguyen, Tutrang; Johnson, Matthew; Bond, Sheldon; O'Connell, Krista; Corriveau, Adrianna; Shoji, Megan; Streeter, Megan; Engle, Jennifer; Goodly, Chelsea; Neely, Adrian N.; White, Mary Aleta; Anderson, Mindelyn; Matthews, Channing; Mason, Leana; Means, Sheryl Felecia – Mathematica, 2022
The Education-to-Workforce Indicator Framework (E-W Framework), commissioned by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and developed in partnership with leading experts representing more than 15 national and community organizations, is designed to encourage greater cross-sector collaboration and alignment across local, state, and national data…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Evidence Based Practice, Student Characteristics, Partnerships in Education
Griffin, Sarah; Klempin, Serena; Jenkins, Davis – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2021
Community colleges are beginning to build on guided pathways reforms in partnership with employers, universities, and K-12 schools to create cross-sector pathways to college and career opportunities for students--particularly those students traditionally underserved by higher education. The aim is to improve economic mobility for community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Partnerships in Education, Educational Change, College School Cooperation
Williams, Conor – Century Foundation, 2021
English learners (ELs) constitute a large--and growing--share of the student body in the United States. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that nearly one-quarter of U.S. children speak a language other than English at home. Furthermore, one-third of children under age 8 have at least one parent who speaks a non-English language--these…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Bilingualism, Equal Education, Census Figures
Burke, Amy; Okrent, Abigail; Hale, Katherine; Gough, Nancy – National Science Foundation, 2022
This report summarizes key indicators that assess the status of the science and engineering (S&E) enterprise within the United States and that illustrate the U.S. global position in multiple aspects of the S&E enterprise. This includes information about the geographic distribution of S&E activities; science, technology, engineering,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, National Organizations, Socioeconomic Status, Employment Opportunities
Frase, Katharine G., Ed.; Latanision, Ronald M., Ed.; Pearson, Greg, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2017
The vitality of the innovation economy in the United States depends on the availability of a highly educated technical workforce. A key component of this workforce consists of engineers, engineering technicians, and engineering technologists. However, unlike the much better-known field of engineering, engineering technology (ET) is unfamiliar to…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Innovation, Technology Education, Employment Opportunities
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Howley, Caitlin – Journal of Appalachian Studies, 2006
An exploratory analysis of the meanings families attach to schooling, this article is based upon interviews conducted with three white, middle-class families--one from rural West Virginia, another from a small West Virginia city, and a third from rural Pennsylvania. I hoped that this preliminary effort would help me think about how families view…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Rural Youth, Interviews, Whites