Learn how research partnerships can be a powerful tool to help State Career and Technical Education (CTE) Directors understand what’s working, what isn’t working, and what needs to change in this first installment in a new blog series designed to break down barriers and promote collaboration between State CTE Directors and researchers.

This free webinar, hosted by the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, explores the evidence on topics related to CTE's impact. Shaun Dougherty, Ed.D, our network's co-principal investigator, presents. (November 6, 2019; 2–3 p.m. ET)

A new working paper from the CTE Research Network's Vanderbilt team examines the effects of attending a stand-alone CTE high school on students' education and labor outcomes. We sat down with one of the researchers on the study to discuss the key findings.

This free webinar, hosted by the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, provides an introduction to the Registry of Efficacy and Effectiveness Studies (REES), a new registry for impact studies in education. Participants will learn how to register studies and search the REES database. (October 30, 2019; 12–1 p.m. ET)

In this Q&A, our directors discuss the goals of the CTE Research Network and how they hope it will contribute to the field. This article originally appeared in the September 2019 issue of Techniques magazine, published by the Association for Career and Technical Education.

Learn about our newest research team, based at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The team's principal investigators describe the focus and goals of their research project, which is examining a statewide career-focused dual enrollment program in North Carolina.