What makes a successful CTE partnership?

Providing tax credits for businesses offering high school internships and making it easier for schools to involve industry professionals in the classroom are two of the ways policymakers can encourage strong cross-sector partnerships to support career and technical education (CTE) programs, according to an ExcelinEd report released this week.The document includes examples of successful partnerships and tools that partners can use to craft elements such as ���purpose statements” and partnership agreements. “Often, the education and business sectors speak different languages or value different priorities,” the authors write. “Sometimes partners struggle to find common ground on which all parties achieve mutual return on investment.”