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publication | Accountability and Support, Career and Technical Education, College and Career Pathways, US Department of Education, Workforce and Community

All4Ed submitted formal comments to U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon in response to the Department’s proposed priority on Career Pathways and Workforce Readiness. Our feedback underscores the urgent need to reimagine the high school experience to ensure students are not only graduating but are truly prepared for postsecondary success, economic mobility, and active civic…

blog | Accountability and Support, College and Career Pathways

by Charlotte Cahill
October 8, 2025

It’s time to change the conversation about pathways.   It’s a conversation we’ve been part of for more than a decade. We hoped that pathways that bridge K-12, postsecondary education, and careers could effectively address inequities in our education systems and labor markets and give young people who are far from opportunity a real shot at…

publication | Career and Technical Education, College and Career Pathways, Congress, Higher Education, Policy and Government, Unlocking Career Success, US Department of Education, Workforce and Community

All4Ed provided recommendations to the Department of Education regarding regulations governing the implementation of Workforce Pell Grants to ensure program quality and to make certain that Workforce Pell becomes a force for economic mobility—not a windfall for bad actors. All4Ed appreciates the opportunity to provide recommendations to the U.S. Department of Education (Department) on the…

blog | Career and Technical Education, College and Career Pathways, Policy and Government, US Department of Education

by Jazmin Flores Pena
August 6, 2025

The federal defunding of Career-Connected High Schools puts students’ futures at risk—just as transformative programs linking classrooms to careers were gaining momentum. This setback threatens progress on equity, opportunity, and workforce readiness across the country.

blog | Accountability and Support, College and Career Pathways, Data, Every Student Succeeds Act, High Schools

by Anne Hyslop
August 1, 2025

Why it matters that states are all over the map when it comes to measuring college and career readiness

blog | Accountability and Support, College and Career Pathways, Every Student Succeeds Act, State Policy Center

by Ziyu Zhou
July 28, 2025

A review of 2025 state legislation on school accountability.

publication | Accountability and Support, College and Career Pathways, Data, Every Student Succeeds Act, High Schools

All4Ed’s overview of the college and career readiness indicators used for school accountability in all fifty states and Washington DC

publication | Career and Technical Education, College and Career Pathways, Policy and Government, US Department of Education

All4Ed’s recommendations to the U.S. Department of Education regarding its proposed discretionary grant priorities.

blog | College and Career Pathways

by Jennifer Ellis
June 18, 2025

Historically, student performance in math has received less legislative attention than performance in reading, even though student performance on math assessments has been widely analyzed and used to track overall progress of students nationwide.   Despite conversations around achievement in math, the traditional pathway through math (algebra, geometry, algebra II, pre-calculus, calculus), has remained largely unchanged…