York County School of Technology Students excitedly talk about their programs, why they are succeeding and the many opportunities available to them at the Career Center.
Middle Bucks Institute of Technology
Career and Technical is the pathway to a promising future and a successful career. Two students tell how they have overcome obstacles to succeed in their respective program and how they superseded all expectations.
Vocational Tech Grads Buck the Jobs Trend
A Pennsylvania Career and Technical Center featured on the CBS Evening News. View the video clip from October 12, 2011.
The Khan Academy is an organization on a mission with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education to anyone, anywhere. It doesn't matter if you are a student, teacher, home-schooler, principal, adult returning to the classroom after 20 years, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly biology. The Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge.
Brightstorm is an online learning network for teens, teacher and parents. Great homework help for math, science and English and more.
BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content that engages students, supports educators, and bolsters achievement. Online educational resources include BrainPOP Jr. (K-3), BrainPOP, BrainPOP Español, and BrainPOP ESL and GameUp™, a collection of free online game titles that tie right in to curriculum. All resources are supported by BrainPOP Educators and features free lesson plans, video tutorials, professional development tools, graphic organizers, best practices, groups and forums, and much more.
Pathways Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century
A must-read paper that focuses on the need to develop meaningful career training as a part of comprehensive school reform. Career training has been ignored for far too long, but is essential if we’re going to address the “career-ready” piece of the puzzle that, along with the “college-ready” piece is now all the buzz.
The Mindset Lists
The Mindset List was created at Beloit College in 1998 to reflect the world view of entering first year students. It started with the members of the class of 2002, born in 1980. What started as a witty way of saying to faculty colleagues "watch your references," has turned into a globally reported and utilized guide to the intelligent if unprepared adolescent consciousness. This site now gets more than a million hits a year.
OVAE Connection
Connection is a weekly electronic newsletter published by the Office of Vocational and Adult Education to provide information to state officials involved in adult education, career and technical education (CTE), and community colleges, as well as to practitioners, researchers, education groups and others interested in community colleges, CTE, and adult education. To subscribe,
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eSchool Media Inc. With a combined, unduplicated audience of more than one million education decision makers, eSchool Media Inc. is the parent organization of three robust print, digital, eMail, and video networks providing breaking news and vital information to brand-specifying buyers at every level of the education field:
• eSchool News (K-20) - With approximately 945,000 visitors and readers
• eCampus News (Higher Ed) - With approximately 80,000 visitors and readers
• eClassroom News (Teachers) - With approximately 40,000 visitors and readers
Pennsylvania Career Guide