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Majority of Students on Futurescape Platform Considering Going into STEM Fields
ASA found in a survey of over 2,000 student members that the most popular careers respondents are considering have a STEM and digital focus.
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Top Career Choices For Gen Z Teens Unveiled
A new survey has revealed what some top career choices are for Gen Z teenagers. Teenagers are exploring their lives and their futures, and they are trying to find themselves as an individual.
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How do you move bees? Solution from Franklin Lakes students wins $10k
The answer won a $10,000 national first-place “Team Passion” award for Franklin Avenue Middle School and $1,500 for the team of four seventh graders who participated in this year’s “Solve Together” career exploration competition.
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Popular career choices for students in 2022
A national non-profit organization is helping kids across the country discover their career passions at an early age.
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We’re in 8th grade and dream of walking on Mars. We got help from a former NASA scientist.
When we expressed our hope to walk on Mars one day, our mentors stepped up, including a former NASA scientist, to set us on the road to the stars.
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The Great Resignation’s wage hikes may be sending fewer students to college
For many years, the prevailing narrative about post–high school plans has presented college as the gold standard for all students and an absolute necessity in the current job market.
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‘Great Resignation’ underscores need for access to career exploration and work-based opportunities
Hands-on exposure and focus on essential soft skills are needed to produce a generation better prepared for and fulfilled by work, two experts write.
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States Bet Innovative Career Training Programs Will Lure Disengaged Youth
The Walton Family Foundation announced $20 million in grants to nonprofits engaged in career development efforts, including a competitive grant program co-sponsored by the nonprofit ASA.
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Newark Education Organization Recognized for Connecting Students to Career Pathways
Newark-based education organization Trio New College Network was recognized this month for its efforts to put students on track towards landing successful careers.
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Catalyze Challenge Winners To Transform Journey From Classroom To Career
Over $4M in funding will fuel innovative solutions in career-connected learning across the US