From College and Career Readiness Silos to Connected Student Experiences: Sparking Enrollment and Excitement

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of integrating college and career readiness into K–12 education to better prepare students for their futures.

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Edmentum. The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here. Today’s students cannot afford a college and career readiness system that starts too late, remains siloed for core academics, or treats tangible postsecondary success planning as an add-on. Too often, districts are asking students to navigate a future that schools have not fully prepared them to enter. The challenge is not whether students should be college ready or career ready; it is whether K–12...

Topics covered

• college readiness
• career readiness
• student experiences
• enrollment
• postsecondary success
• education systems

Keywords

• college readiness
• career readiness
• student experiences
• enrollment
• education
• postsecondary success

Sponsors

Edmentum

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: K–12

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