MDRC is pleased to announce that it has received a $750,000 grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York to support the MDRC Center for Effective Career and Technical Education for three years.

Created in 2018, the Center for Effective Career and Technical Education is a hub for building and synthesizing evidence on the effectiveness of career and technical education (CTE). It incubates new ideas, synthesizes findings and lessons learned, and disseminates this knowledge to policymakers, practitioners, and other researchers. The Center draws on knowledge across education and training systems and uses a broad lens to detect cross-cutting issues, develop a targeted research agenda, and share findings.

“We are extremely grateful that Carnegie has been able to continue its funding for the MDRC Center for Effective CTE,” said Rachel Rosen, MDRC Senior Research Associate and Director of the Center. “Creating an ecosystem in which practice and evidence speak to one another through data and research-informed partnerships is at the heart of what we do. Building evidence to support the scaling of effective CTE models is vital for ensuring that students and young people can engage in programs with confidence that their experiences will support their trajectories toward productive and sustainable futures.”

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