Image of Charlotte, Michigan’s CTE program provided by Candace Vinson

The Nebraska Department of Education supports a statewide CTE system designed to prepare students for learning, earning, and living. Nebraska’s CTE programs are organized into structured programs of study that connect academic instruction with technical skills, work-based learning, and career development opportunities aligned with workforce needs.

The Utah Department of Education’s ULEAD Education program is a statewide education R&D initiative supporting research-practice partnerships that identify, study, and scale effective practices in Utah schools.

Rural Collaboratives bring rural districts, higher education, and industry partners together to expand postsecondary opportunities, align pathways with workforce needs, and strengthen rural economies. Colorado’s four Rural Collaboratives—Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative, Fremont Multidistrict Initiative, Western Slope Schools Career Collaborative, and Yampa Valley Partnership for Students, Stewardship and Sustainability—were supported by…

With support from Governor Kay Ivey and Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey, the Alabama Department of Education’s Office of Mathematics Improvement has led a statewide push to strengthen K-5 math instruction. By identifying and implementing evidence-based best practices, Alabama has made one of the largest improvements in fourth-grade math achievement in…

Pre-K Mathematics is a program that develops and builds upon young students’ math knowledge with in-class activities, instructional coaching for educators, and weekly home activities for families to support their children’s learning. Building Blocks is a pre-K math intervention program that fosters geometric, spatial skills, and numeric and quantitative ideas…

Soundkins is an engaging, easy-to-use, effective way to help young readers learn through play and the science of reading. The program is rooted in the science of reading and boosts young learners’ speech and language development by exposing them to foundational literacy skills through engaging 5-minute interactive videos for circle…

The National AI Institute for Exceptional Education is working in partnership with the National Science Foundation and the Institute of Education Science to investigate how AI can be harnessed to support special educators and their students. This federal investment signals to educators, families, speech therapists, and the public that the…

Rooted in research, ByExample is an approach that is proven to be effective but rarely seen in math textbooks. Federal support has scaled this approach so that more students can improve their analytic and critical thinking skills in math. Prisms of Reality, Inc. is utilizing virtual reality to improve students’…