The following are recommended resources for your program improvement efforts.

Federal Government Resources

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE)
• Perkins Collaborative Resource Network (PCRN)
• The Nation’s Report Card

Minnesota State Education Resources

• Minnesota State Colleges & Universities (MnSCU)
• Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

Nontraditional and STEM Resources

• National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE)
• NAPE STEM Equity Pipeline
• NAPE: Nontraditional Career Preparation: Root Causes & Strategies
• Clayman Institute for Gender Research
• EdSource: Highlighting Strategies for Student Success
• Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network (WEPAN)
• American Association of University Women
• U.S. Department of Commerce: Women in STEM:  A Gender Gap to Innovation

Career Technical Education

• The National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium – Learning That Works for America
• Association for Career Technical Education (ACTE)

Internal Barriers

• Bernice Sandler’s Chilly Climate
• Project Implicit, Harvard University
• MindSet Online
• Reducing Stereotype Threat
• Media Literacy Store

Culturally Inclusive Teaching

• National Indian Education Association
  • Cultivated Ground: Effective Teaching Practices for Native Students in Public Schools
  • A National Indian Education Association Brief: Advocacy, Research, Capacity-Building
• National Council on Educating Black Children (NCEBC)
  • NCEBC National Blueprint for Action
• ¡Excelencia in Education!
  • Growing What Works: Lessons Learned Replicating Promising Practices for Latino Student Success