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Title: Thinking Differently about Career Connected Learning
Language: English
Authors: National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE)
Source: National Center on Education and the Economy. 2026.
Availability: National Center on Education and the Economy. 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 5300, Washington, DC 20006. Tel: 202-379-1800; Fax: 202-293-1560; e-mail: info@ncee.org; Web site: http://www.ncee.org
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 33
Publication Date: 2026
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education
Junior High Schools
Middle Schools
Secondary Education
High Schools
Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Career and Technical Education, Career Readiness, Personal Autonomy, Learning Objectives, Decision Making, Credentials, Lifelong Learning, Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries, Basic Skills, Well Being, 21st Century Skills, Citizen Participation, Elementary Education, Middle Schools, High Schools, Higher Education, Educational Innovation, Minicourses, Independent Study, Technology Uses in Education, Economic Development, Governance, School Business Relationship, Educational Change
Geographic Terms: Estonia, South Korea, Japan, Finland, Ireland, Singapore, Denmark, Canada, Sweden, Hong Kong, New York, Delaware, Connecticut (New Haven), Switzerland, North Carolina, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, California, Arkansas, Utah, West Virginia, Michigan, Maryland, Washington, Mississippi, Kentucky, District of Columbia, Virginia
Abstract: Learning how to infuse career connected learning more broadly throughout schooling is a critical challenge. As U.S. schools and districts confront a rapidly changing job market, education and policy leaders are recognizing that future readiness demands more than providing career and technical education classes. Top-performing education systems make career learning a fundamental part of preparing all students for life after graduation, a practice that can provide valuable lessons and expand our thinking about what is possible. This brief features examples from international systems as well as U.S. states and districts implementing similar strategies in our own context. This brief is organized around five topics: (1) Thinking differently about learning goals for future-ready students. What goals do high-performing countries set to prepare all students for careers?; (2) Thinking differently about scaffolding career-connected learning. How do systems scaffold career-connected learning across different levels of schooling?; (3) Thinking differently about student agency and career-connected learning. How do systems enable student agency? How do they support students in making informed decisions?; (4) Thinking differently about longlife credentialing systems and building pathways to prosperity. How do top performers build credentialing systems that begin in high school, enable longlife learning, and eliminate dead ends?; and (5) Thinking differently about breaking down silos between education and employment. How do systems connect education and employment through governance and policies?
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