TWEET OF THE WEEK
RT @uppervalleyhvac: Thank you @EmersonClimate for the nice article in @CTEWorks Blog. https://t.co/OMq6JIDJi0 pic.twitter.com/Us3bfpQ8AZ
— Allied Supply (@AlliedSupply) March 9, 2016
ARTICLE OF THE WEEK
The Washington Post highlighted the Arlington Career Center’s proposed Arlington Tech program, which would put CTE at the center of the school’s curriculum. While students would take core academic classes, they would also participate in a multitude of project-based learning opportunities and potentially allowing students to earn postsecondary credit.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WEEK
The U.S. Department of Education launched the CTE Makeover Challenge providing $200,000 to high schools to create makerspaces, providing students with both the materials and environment they need to succeed.
RESEARCH OF THE WEEK
Results from the international large scale study of adult skills and life experience on education and employment, Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) was released in a report, Skills of U.S. Unemployed, Young and Older Adults in Sharper Focus, this week. Conducted in the U.S. and 23 other countries in 2012/2014, the U.S. did not perform well. Overall, the study found that adults ages 16-65 scored slightly lower than average in literacy, well lower than average in numeracy, and dead last of the 23 countries in problem solving in technology-rich environments.
Katie Fitzgerald, Communications Associate