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Escaping the Disability Trap
Escaping the Disability Trap
Escaping the Disability Trap

This article looks at the best ways to prepare special needs students for the workforce.
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Measuring the Effects of Self-Awareness: Construction of the Self-Awareness Outcomes Questionnaire
Measuring the Effects of Self-Awareness: Construction of the Self-Awareness Outcomes Questionnaire
Measuring the Effects of Self-Awareness: Construction of the Self-Awareness Outcomes Questionnaire

This two-part, mixed-methods study looks at understanding dispositional self-awareness through developing a questionnaire to measure its outcomes.
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Every Historian Counts
Every Historian Counts
Every Historian Counts

This tool allows users to see broad trends in history PhD employment and to assess how such factors as gender, area of study, and degree-granting institution influence career outcomes.
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CTE and the Law
CTE and the Law
CTE and the Law

This brief article reviews what school boards need to know about the reauthorized Perkins Act.
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Leveraging Opportunities in Perkins V
Leveraging Opportunities in Perkins V
Leveraging Opportunities in Perkins V

This PowerPoint presentation geared towards state officials provides recommendations on re-thinking CTE, aligning CTE programs with market needs, and fostering collaboration.
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Funding Results Strengthening Career & Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V)
Funding Results Strengthening Career & Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V)
Funding Results Strengthening Career & Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V)

This webpage lists the 2020-21 fiscal year allocations to California middle, high, and adult schools from the U.S. Department of Education Vocational Education Basic Grant Award.
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History at Home: Exploring African American Heritage, Stories, and Culture Through Online Museum Collection
History at Home: Exploring African American Heritage, Stories, and Culture Through Online Museum Collection
History at Home: Exploring African American Heritage, Stories, and Culture Through Online Museum Collection

This blog post provides the general public with access to virtual museum collections of African American history, heritage, and culture.
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Soft Skills to Pay the Bills
Soft Skills to Pay the Bills
Soft Skills to Pay the Bills

The Soft Skills to Pay the Bills teaches youth soft- and work-ready skills by offering modular, hands-on curriculum that focus on six key skill areas.
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Building Community Supports for Young People in the Transition Years
Building Community Supports for Young People in the Transition Years
Building Community Supports for Young People in the Transition Years

This tip sheet suggests ways providers can assist young people to strengthen their existing supports and/or to connect them with other supports.
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Entrepreneurial Soft Skills for the Future: a Scoping Study
Entrepreneurial Soft Skills for the Future: a Scoping Study
Entrepreneurial Soft Skills for the Future: a Scoping Study

This report contributes to the broader debate around the role that soft skills can play in entrepreneurial success.
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The Arc - Inclusive Volunteering
The Arc - Inclusive Volunteering
The Arc - Inclusive Volunteering

This webpage explains how community organizations can include individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in volunteering. The page also includes volunteering resources and tips.
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Strengthening Life Skills for Youth: A Practical Guide to Quality Programming
Strengthening Life Skills for Youth: A Practical Guide to Quality Programming
Strengthening Life Skills for Youth: A Practical Guide to Quality Programming

This guide helps donors and youth-serving organizations in enhancing the design, planning, implementation, and evaluation of life skills programming and training based on the International Youth Foundation (IYF) nine Life Skills Standards of Excellence.
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Substance Misuse Prevention for Young Adults
Substance Misuse Prevention for Young Adults
Substance Misuse Prevention for Young Adults

This guide supports health care providers, systems, and communities seeking to prevent substance misuse among young adults. It describes relevant research findings, examines emerging and best practices, identifies knowledge gaps and implementation challenges, and offers useful resources.
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The Impact of Stress on Students in Secondary School and Higher Education
The Impact of Stress on Students in Secondary School and Higher Education
The Impact of Stress on Students in Secondary School and Higher Education

This article presents the most recent research concerning the impact of academic-related stress, including discussion of the impact on students’ learning capacity and academic performance, mental health problems, such as depression and anxiety, sleep disturbances and substance use.
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Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAP) General Fact Sheet
Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAP) General Fact Sheet
Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAP) General Fact Sheet

This fact sheet details Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAP) requirements and the importance of IRAPs.
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Teaching Teenagers to Develop Their Emotional Intelligence
Teaching Teenagers to Develop Their Emotional Intelligence
Teaching Teenagers to Develop Their Emotional Intelligence

This article discusses the importance of teaching teenagers social and emotional learning in improving career outcomes.
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To Secure Knowledge-Social Science Partnerships for the Common Good
To Secure Knowledge-Social Science Partnerships for the Common Good
To Secure Knowledge-Social Science Partnerships for the Common Good

This report highlights the need for government, academia, donor organizations, and the private sector to collaborate on social science research through funding, data, ethics, research quality, and research training.
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A Guide to Understanding Career and Technical Education
A Guide to Understanding Career and Technical Education
A Guide to Understanding Career and Technical Education

This guide provides a summary of the value of Career and Technical Education as well as a glossary of terms, branches of government, business associations, and student organizations meant for anyone conducting outreach in the CTE Community.
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Why Social and Emotional Learning and Employability Skills Should Be Prioritized in Education
Why Social and Emotional Learning and Employability Skills Should Be Prioritized in Education
Why Social and Emotional Learning and Employability Skills Should Be Prioritized in Education

This brief highlights the need for social and emotional learning in schools as a key of success to workforce development.
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U.S. Businesses Need More Multilingual Employees
U.S. Businesses Need More Multilingual Employees
U.S. Businesses Need More Multilingual Employees

This report provides additional information supporting the claim that learning a new language opens career paths and increases employment opportunities for students.
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11 Future Lessons We Can Learn From the History of Business
11 Future Lessons We Can Learn From the History of Business
11 Future Lessons We Can Learn From the History of Business

This article details 11 lessons businesses can learn from history to ensure a better present and improved future business outcomes.
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How to Use Colleges & Universities to Help Your Business
How to Use Colleges & Universities to Help Your Business
How to Use Colleges & Universities to Help Your Business

This article gives small businesses recommendations for creating partnerships with colleges and universities.
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Well-Being in the Workplace: Why it Matters for Organizational Performance and How to Improve It
Well-Being in the Workplace: Why it Matters for Organizational Performance and How to Improve It
Well-Being in the Workplace: Why it Matters for Organizational Performance and How to Improve It

This report presents the key findings from a three-year international study that investigated workplace well-being, the activities most effective for enhancing well-being, and the benefits for organizations fostering well-being for their employees.
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What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It)
What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It)
What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It)

This article highlights three findings from research on the definition of self-awareness and how to improve it.