Tech Thursday: Pitching the CTE, You Tube Style
Tech Thursday looks at how Career and Technical Education is pitched through YouTube, examining workforce messaging, promotion tactics, and education reform goals.
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FTF: The SBA and Common Core
Common Core and the SBA: For this “From the File” Tuesday, I have a ‘hum-dinger’ for you. The SBA (as in the ‘Small Business Administration’) has been supporting Common Core. How do I know? A Oct. 2014 National Summit. The Summit: Titled the “National Summit of Middle Market Funds” (see: https://www.sba.gov/content/national-summit-middle-market-funds), Maria Contreras-Sweet (the SBA’s administrator) […]
Continue ReadingTech Thursday: A “CTSO” Near You
Common Core Back Story for Today’s Post: Back in July of 2014, I wrote a guest post about Common Core Standards taking over the leadership clubs our students can belong to. Clubs like the FFA (Future Farmers of America), DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America), and others. Funny thing is, these clubs are available to […]
Continue ReadingFTF Tuesday: Career Readiness via Adult Common Core
Post on career readiness and data systems tied to Common Core and education policy
Continue ReadingWYBI Update: Amping Up the Common Core
For today’s “Would You Believe It” Wednesday post, I’m updating my original article from Sept. 2014 that delved into Common Core Standards via Amplify…and a few others. Here’s the link to the original post: https://www.commoncorediva.com/2014/09/10/will-this-be-delivery-or-dine-in/ As I did yesterday, I’ll only be using excerpts from the original and contrast them with what’s happened since then. I […]
Continue ReadingFTF Update: CCSS, Teaching or frustrating?
Post on CCSS teaching challenges and frustration in the classroom context
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Tech Thursday: National Career Pathways Network
This post highlights National Career Pathways Network updates including federal agency commitment letters tied to WIOA plus examples of national groups pushing community college workforce initiatives like AACC Plus 50.
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