Career Readiness

College- and Career-Ready Standards: Implementation Indicators

June 22, 2015
In joint partnership, Achieve and the Aspen Institute have developed a toolkit for state and district leaders who have adopted college- and career-ready (CCR) standards and want direct feedback related to the status of CCR standards implementation...

Engaging a Business Association or Coalition

January 23, 2013
Working with state and local business associations, such as chambers of commerce, business roundtables, industry associations, or business-education coalitions, can be a powerful way to promote education reforms and harness the power of a collective...
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Governor Dave Heinemann on Public Education Reform

July 31, 2012
Governor Dave Heinemann, of Nebraska, offers his views on American public education reform.

Closing the Expectations Gap 2012

September 13, 2012
With all 50 states and the District of Columbia having adopted college- and career-ready standards in English and mathematics, Achieve's seventh annual "Closing the Expectations Gap" report shows how all states are aligning those standards with...
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How to Ensure More Students Graduate College- and Career-Ready

September 11, 2009
This is the video of the morning plenary session at the 2009 American Diploma Project Network Leadership Team Meeting that took place on Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. "Delivering the ADP Agenda: How to Ensure More Students Graduate College- and Career-...
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Bill Gates at National Education Summit

February 26, 2005
"For the sake of our young people and everyone who will depend on them -- we must stop rationing education in America."-Bill Gates (February 26, 2005)

Achieve Webinar: College Faculty and Employers Weigh In - Are Students Ready for College and Career?

June 25, 2015
This webinar unpacked the results from the latest iteration of Achieve's survey on student preparedness for college and career. This time, college faculty and employers weighed in. Geoff Garin, President of Hart Research Associates and Robert...
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Sustaining the Agenda What Can the Federal Government Do

September 14, 2012
This 2012 plenary highlighted strategies leaders at the federal and state levels can take to elevate the college- and career- ready policy agenda as a bi-partisan priority, even when faced with economic hardship and political challenges. Phil Handy...

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