Webinar: Pathways Matter Launch

We know there is not a one-size-fits all solution in education. We know that ensuring strong education to workforce pathways takes coordination and cohesion across stakeholders and policies. But who are the stakeholders? What are the policies? Where should we start?

Join ExcelinEd policy experts as we dive into our newest resource, Pathways Matter, to answer these questions and more. This webinar will emphasize how all stakeholders – especially policymakers – can use state policy to ensure learners of all ages in their state are prepared to meet the demands of today’s evolving job market. 

Pathways Matter establishes the first comprehensive learner-centered education to workforce continuum for state policy. Beginning in K-12 and extending to and through postsecondary and on to employment, Pathways Matter, takes the fragmented narrative and structure of state education to workforce policy efforts and turns it into a comprehensive policy continuum. Pathways Matter is based on the following principles:  

1. Learners take different educational journeys. While some learners seamlessly transition from K-12 to postsecondary to employment, others use on-ramps and off-ramps and stackable opportunities to complete their journey. Still others need critical support to find a new occupation or advance their careers. 
2. Pathways require coordinated support from all stakeholders. High-quality pathways do not operate in isolation and neither should the agencies, policymakers, education systems, intermediaries, employers and communities who support them. Stakeholders must work together to ensure that learners can earn valuable credentials and succeed in high-wage, high-skill occupations. 
3. Policies must work together to maximize benefits for learners. Learners span age levels, systems of education and workforce areas. Policies that support them need to be integrated as well so that progress made at one level or system is not slowed or stopped at another.