Linked Learning pathways integrate rigorous academics with career-based learning,  real-world workplace experiences  and comprehensive support services to prepare students to take credit-bearing college-level courses and be university admissible upon graduation from high school, maximize articulation between high school and postsecondary programs of study, and facilitate and accelerate completion of stackable postsecondary credentials, certificates, and degrees.  Managed by Linked Learning and funded by the James Irvine Foundation, California Department of Education…

LRNG is a social enterprise that brings together innovative leaders in Connected Learning with schools, businesses, cities, and community institutions such as libraries and museums to close the opportunity gap by building an ecosystem of learning that combines in-school, out-of-school, employer-based, and online learning experiences into a seamless network that is open and inviting to all youth. Managed by Collective Shift and funded by the John D. and Catherine T….

This piece offers resources for working with DQP. Funded and managed by the Lumina Foundation.

This report makes the case for examining competency based credentials versus degree attainment. Managed by CSW and funded by the Lumina Foundation.

This report discusses the importance of transparency in higher education by way of a framework tool. Discussion includes the history of framework abroad and its purpose in creating clear education and career pathways for both institutions and individuals.

This site serves a resource for those in manufacturing or considering it. Industry recognized credentials can be researched.

NIMS sets industry skills standards, certifies individual skills against the standards, accredits training programs that meet NIMS quality requirements, and promotes innovative solutions, such as competency-based apprenticeship, to connect credentialed and work-ready individuals with employers. Our mission is to provide world-class, industry-developed and validated, competency-based skill standards, credentials, and training frameworks that enable collaboration between educators, manufacturers, policy makers, and community-based organizations in a joint effort to increase the skills…

This site is a resource for skill certification in advanced manufacturing. Provides clearer picture of a career pathway within the field.