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The NRCCTE at NACTEI 2012NACTEI's 32nd annual conference, being held at the Benson Hotel in Portland, OR, from May 14-18, has a great program this year, including sessions featuring NRCCTE researchers plus appearances by the NRCCTE's colleagues John Foster, CEO of NOCTI, Kim Green, Executive Director of the NASDCTEc, Alisha Hyslop of ACTE, and William Symonds, director of the Pathways to Prosperity project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Learn more. NRCCTE Welcomes Delegation from Russian Federal and State Technical UniversitiesOn Friday, April 27, the NRCCTE welcomed a delegation of Russian educators interested in the multifunctional role of community colleges in offering higher education and workforce development. Jim Stone, NRCCTE director, spoke about the Center's areas of research and activity. Learn more. U.S. Dept. of Education Releases Blueprint to Transform CTEThursday, April 19, Ankeny, IA - Today U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will visit the Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny, Iowa, to release the Obama Administration's blueprint for transforming CTE, by reauthorizing the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006. Secretary Duncan will hold a town hall to discuss how the Administration's plan will ensure the education system provides high-quality job-training opportunities that reduce skill shortages, spur business growth, encourage new investment and hires, and spark innovation and economic growth. Read more from the press release. The NRCCTE at AERA 2012, Vancouver, BCAttending the 2012 annual conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in Vancouver, British Columbia? NRCCTE staff and researchers presented the latest results of Center research at sessions throughout the conference. Learn more here. Watch the NRCCTE Math-in-CTE Video Series, Archived Webinar
Filmed in schools, classrooms, and other sites in Arlington, VA, Detroit, MI, and Eugene, OR, the five videos include a comprehensive introduction to Math-in-CTE, an in-depth look at the experiences of the Arlington Career Center in implementing the model, and three sample lessons (Aviation, Information Technology, and Cashiering) taught by real Math-in-CTE teachers demonstrating the model in action with their students. Watch the videos and view the archived March 29 webinar with model developers and video participants. NRCCTE at NPS 2012 - State Career Clusters Report Session and Archived Webinar
Learn more about the session and the archived webinar (now available). NRCCTE Programs of Study Research Featured in Special Issue of the International Journal of Educational ReformFor the past five years, the current NRCCTE has
sponsored three scientifically rigorous longitudinal studies of POS-the only
such studies in the United States-with the goal of informing the field about
how and under what conditions POS impact student engagement, achievement, and
transition to postsecondary education and employment. Four articles by the principal
investigators of these studies are featured in a special issue of the International Journal of
Educational Reform (Spring 2012, Vol. 21). Learn more about the issue and the articles. NRCCTE Personal Pathways Study Featured in the Journal of Mixed Methods ResearchA Mixed Methods Sampling Methodology for a Multisite Case Study, by Julia L. Sharp, Catherine Mobley, Cathy Hammond, Cairen Withington, Sam Drew, Sam Stringfield, and Natalie Stipanovic of the NRCCTE's South Carolina Personal Pathways project, appears in the January 2012 (Vol. 6, pp. 34-54) of JMMR. Visit the
journal website to download the article (subscription required). Videos, Presentations Now Available: NRCCTE Sessions from the 2011 ACTE Annual Convention and ACTER Research ConferenceMiss a session at ACTER or ACTE? Videos of and PowerPoints from the NRCCTE's presentations at ACTE in St. Louis are now available online. Learn more here.
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Miss an NRCCTE/OVAE Webinar? Archives Available#3 - Promoting College and Career Readiness: Bridge Programs for Low-Skilled Youth and Adults - April 26th: An archived version of this presentation and PowerPoint presentation (PDF) are now available. A transcript is coming soon. #1 - Community Colleges and Employer Partnerships Webinar: An archived version of this presentation, transcript (PDF), and PowerPoint presentation (PDF) are now available. #2 - Improving Alignment between Secondary and
Postsecondary Career and Technical Education: On March 26th, OVAE hosted the
second in a series of webinars based on the findings from the White House
Summit on Community Colleges, the Regional Summits that followed, and the
Virtual Symposium on Community Colleges. This webinar will build on the President's
recent State of the Union address, particularly, its focus on strengthening the
pipeline between high school and college for all students. Read the full announcement, download the archived event, or download the PPT presentation. Miss Our CTEDDI Data Use Webinars? Access the Archived Versions
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