In Germany and The Netherlands, schools give up a lot of authority over what they teach in career classes. The curriculum is set by employers based on what the industry needs/expectations are, says @paodonne. #EWAPathways

Serious challenges to access in Newark Public Schools for @Chalkbeat's "Ready or Not" series says @patrick_wall. Looking for workaround, he turned to @Rutgers_Newark and found local students with valuable stories to share about their degree of college readiness. #EWAPathways

I appreciate when @EdWriters journos like @chalkbeatDET Bureau Chief @LoriAHiggins are candid about the roadblocks they encounter. College students are a special kind of sourcing challenge: “I’ve been ghosted so many times.” #EWAPathways

"College readiness" means more than what might show up on a student's transcript, says @edwriters Reporting Fellow @LoriAHiggins. She's been profiling a high school valedictorian now a struggling with remedial freshman math. #EWAPathways

Major finding from @paodonne's @edwriters reporting project comparing apprenticeship programs in Cleveland with those abroad: Europeans start earlier, dive deeper, and train longer. #EWAPathways

Not all high school students who take college-level classes are doing so in a rigorous, well-structured, and cohesive program, says @DavisJenkCCRC. "We sometimes call this 'random acts of dual enrollment' which unfortunately is the norm." #EWAPathways

"What students say they want to do after school and what their teachers think they're going to do is the real opportunity gap we're working to address." - Bernadette Merikle, @EqualOppSchools #EWAPathways

Interesting: filmmaker Steve James lets subjects see the documentary before it's broadcast so that they have chance to weigh in with any significant issues. "We want them to feel like we have honestly and empathetically portrayed their lives, and we got it right." #EWAPathways

#AmericaToMe filmmaker Steve James thought it would be easy to get white families to participate in documentary about Oak Park school community. People of color were ready to engage. But white people "were afraid to say something that might be perceived as racist." #EWAPathways

The ratio of guidance counselors to students would be a lot more manageable if principals didn't add on non-counseling job duties, says Joyce Brown, a longtime consultant w/ experience in public and private schools. #EWAPathways

Helping students develop a college-going mindset means teaching them that "they belong and they matter," says Christine Rodriguez, featured in the Emmy-nominated documentary "Personal Statement." #EWAPathways

The job of a high school counselor is "overwhelming," says Northwestern U. Sociology Prof. James Rosenbaum. "We need more money, and more training." #EWAPathways

When she told her own @ChiPubSchools guidance counselor her post-high school plans, CEO Janice Jackson says the response was "'You can be anything in the world, why would you want to be a teacher?' Luckily I"m strong willed and I went ahead anyway." #EWAPathways

Takeaway message from talking with struggling students from @ChiPubSchools? "'Stop making it so easy for me to drop out,'" CEO Janice Jackson says. New procedures are in place to fill in some of those cracks. #EWAPathways

There's disconnect between what some postsecondary institutions advertise and reality, says @ChiPubSchools' Janice Jackson. "We have more and more people who are educated but they're not even middle class [in income]. They're not getting the jobs they were promised." #EWAPathways

There's bipartisan support in blue/red states to put more emphasis on career pathways, says @amyloyd1. The weakest link in most places? Career advising. There needs to be sharper focus on connecting students' interests/strengths to labor market and community needs. #EWAPathways

School systems are rethinking what high school success means, says @ChiPubSchools' Janice Jackson. Beyond the diploma, students are expected to have a specific plan in place -- whether it's college, the military, or straight into the workforce. #EWAPathways

"Not all good jobs are created equal. If you look at the massive transfer of income and earnings that has gone to the white, highly educated portion of the workforce ... blacks and Latinos are basically where whites were in 1991." -@GeorgetownCEW's Jeff Strohl #EWAPathways

Kicking off #EWApathways with @chendrie @amyloyd1 @GeorgetownCEW’s Jeff Strohl and @ChiPubSchools CEO Janice Jackson.