At Portland Community College (PCC), first-generation and low-income students can receive support to overcome those barriers through Future Connect, a scholarship and advising program.
Postsecondary Success
Career & Technical EducationCTE can be a powerful tool for preparing students for college and career success. High-quality programs deliver rigorous academic and technical coursework sequenced across high school and postsecondary education.
Native EducationEducation Northwest partnered with CCBUTI to develop a Tribal curriculum to enable students and educators in South Umpqua to learn about the Tribe, its history, its culture, and its continuing importance in the local community.
Youth, Family & Community, Youth EngagementMore than four million U.S. young adults have disengaged from the K–12 education system. We partnered with the Annie E. Casey Foundation to study reengagement programs’ goals and effectiveness.
English LearnersIn partnership with the Arkansas Department of Education, we addressed inequities facing students who are emergent bilingual and strengthened instructional practice across the state.
Equity & Diversity, School System Improvement, Educator Workforce DevelopmentThrough a research partnership, we helped Washington state address its teacher shortage and increase teacher diversity.
Native Education, Postsecondary SuccessEducation Northwest partnered with Stone Child College to help them better understand the educational and career outcomes its students, many of whom are members of the Chippewa Cree Tribe, experienced after they left the school.
Postsecondary SuccessOregon Promise is a financial aid program for community college students. We used data to study which students the program reaches and how they are impacted.
Postsecondary SuccessWhat were the reach and impacts of Oregon Promise—the second statewide promise program in the nation—on students’ postsecondary success?
Early LearningAlaska created its Pre-Elementary Grants in 2016 to support locally designed preschool options. We studied the program and its outcomes.
Youth, Family & CommunityTo support diversity in the workforce, we looked at where candidates tend to leave the six steps of the Washington state educator career pathway.
Postsecondary SuccessThis report highlights opportunities to help students with disabilities succeed in community college, from policy to advocacy to future research.
Career & Technical EducationWhich Oregon students participate in career and technical education programs—and what are the outcomes? We analyzed over ten years of data to find out.
Postsecondary SuccessWe studied how Washington state school districts implemented the state’s new high school graduation requirements.
School System ImprovementHow can states like Washington overcome teacher shortages? We looked at the data on what teachers need to become fully certificated.
