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Rosen, Rachel; Alterman, Emma; Treskon, Louisa; Parise, Leigh; Dixon, Michelle; Wuest, Cassie – MDRC, 2023
The New York City P-TECH 9-14 schools are an educational model that ties together the secondary, higher education, and workforce systems to improve outcomes across domains. The distinguishing feature of the model is a partnership among a high school, a community college, and one or more employer partners that focuses on preparing students for both…
Descriptors: High Schools, Community Colleges, Employers, Partnerships in Education
Rachel Rosen; Emma Alterman; Louisa Treskon; Leigh Parise; Michelle Dixon; Cassie Wuest – MDRC, 2023
The New York City P-TECH 9-14 schools are an educational model that ties together the secondary, higher education, and workforce systems to improve outcomes across domains. The distinguishing feature of the model is a partnership among a high school, a community college, and one or more employer partners that focuses on preparing students for both…
Descriptors: High Schools, Community Colleges, Employers, Partnerships in Education
Amechi, Mauriell H. – New America, 2022
Despite the growing popularity of WBL, the community college and workforce development fields need greater transparency and clarity on the design of these programs to broaden workforce pathways, ensure the transferability of exemplary program models, and support the advancement of equitable outcomes for all students, especially learners from…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Education Work Relationship
Laney, Kahliah – Center for an Urban Future, 2013
With middle-income jobs in decline, entrepreneurship offers an increasingly promising pathway out of poverty; but few low-income New Yorkers are currently taking this route to economic self-sufficiency. This report provides the most comprehensive examination of low-income entrepreneurship in New York. The report documents current self-employment…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Low Income Groups, Self Employment, Barriers