Read recent education policy news and commentary written by your education policy team and guest authors working across the education field. For information on submitting a guest blog, contact Mandy Zatynski at mzatynski@ecs.org.
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Perkins V: Expanding Opportunities for Work-Based Learning
Decades of research support the benefits of work-based learning, such as internships or job-shadowing experiences, for high-schoolers and college students. Work-based learning can teach young people about promising careers, strengthen…
10 Years Later … 10 Lessons Learned From an AEP Partner
This guest post comes from Cheri Walsh, executive director of Exploring the Arts (ETA). Research shows that students in schools with arts-rich learning environments academically outperform their peers in arts-poor…
Perkins V: Building Stronger Bridges Between Employers and CTE
In April, NPR’s All Things Considered told the story of 20-year-old Garret Morgan, who parlayed a high school education and additional training as an ironworker into a job that…
Can Students Afford to Pay for College?
With lots of information out there on college affordability — or un-affordability, depending on what you are reading — we wondered how net price and median income could help us…
Financial Literacy Is a Growing Focus in Education Curricula
In an age where college costs are rising, and students are carrying more student loan debt, financial literacy is even more important. A 2015 study showed that exposure to personal…