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Spotlight on: Perks of Becoming a Community Partner for the SSDC

Published May 15, 2025 by Debbie Pixton

The Student Sustainability Design Challenge (SSDC) is about helping middle and high school students gain employment skills, agency, and career knowledge through team-based community projects focused on the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). But it’s more than that. The community partners that engage with students through SSDC reap benefits as well. Now in […]

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35 Community-focused Projects Pitched at SSDC Showcase

Published April 29, 2025 by Debbie Pixton

In March, more than 150 middle and high school students from schools across Western Pennsylvania gathered to proudly pitch community-focused projects at the Consortium’s 2025 Student Sustainability Design Challenge showcase. The packed room at Rodef Shalom marked the culmination of several months of student research, career exploration, and project development focused on the 17 United [...]

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Future Ready Leaders Wrap Up the Year with Hands-On Fun and Reflection

Published April 29, 2025 by Debbie Pixton

Over 70 high school students who are members of the Consortium’s Future Ready Leaders (FRL) program wrapped up a year of hard work and growth during their final meeting of the 2024-25 school year in early April. The students, who come from several area high schools, gathered at the Bricklayers & Allied Craft Workers Apprenticeship [...]

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Department of Ed’s Impact: CPE’s Partnership with Ed Research

Published April 29, 2025 by Debbie Pixton

On March 20, President Trump signed an executive order calling for the dismantling of the Department of Education. We don’t yet know how that is going to impact schools in our region. While federal funds make up a small portion of school district budgets, we know that for many districts, even small reductions can do […]

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Need career lesson plans?

Published April 29, 2025 by Debbie Pixton

With the end of the school year quickly approaching and you have students who still need to create artifacts to align with Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE’s) Career Education and Work Standards, we have free lesson plans for educators to use with students.  Originally created in conjunction with Catalyst Connection’s “What’s so great about manufacturing?” [...]

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Spotlight on: Career Fair with a Twist

Published April 9, 2025 by Debbie Pixton

Career Fairs represent some of the longest standing opportunities for students to explore careers, whether organized by their schools on-campus, or by employers offsite. An April event at the Pittsburgh Marriott put somewhat of a new twist on the old standard. It brought together seniors just weeks from graduation, many of whom have no immediate […]

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Personalized PBL Training Expands to New Jersey

Published April 1, 2025 by Debbie Pixton

In November, Eatontown Public Schools (EPS), located in Eatontown, New Jersey, approached the Consortium with an exciting opportunity to help expand and develop project-based lessons across their Pre-K to 8th grade system. EPS had introduced their teachers to PBL by participating in a one-day session offered by PBLWorks, and reached out to CPE to help […]

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The Consortium: An Education to Workforce Intermediary

Published April 1, 2025 by Debbie Pixton

The need for education and industry to work together seamlessly has grown exponentially, especially in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Rapidly evolving career pathways combined with an established need for skills like communication, collaboration, and critical thinking, make conversations across school districts, Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs), Intermediate Units (IUs), nonprofits, higher education, and corporations essential. Research by Education […]

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Future Readiness Can’t Wait for High School

Published April 1, 2025 by Debbie Pixton

Often elementary teachers, families, and students don’t see themselves as preparing for their futures. They see themselves as preparing for the next level of school. But more and more we are recognizing the critical skill-building and experiences that elementary-age students need as a foundation for their future readiness. To support our belief that elementary future […]

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Spotlight on: Career Ready Allegheny: Building Equitable Pathways

Published March 12, 2025 by Debbie Pixton

When Partner4Work, one of Pennsylvania’s 22 Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs), plans its second Career Ready Allegheny conference, it hopes to bring more employers to the table. “I think we’d like a much larger presence, and that’s something that was communicated from attendees—that they would love to talk with more businesses and employers,” said Jennifer Peedin, [...]

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