This week, ACTE Research Manager Catherine Imperatore, Legislative and Public Affairs Manager Sean Lynch, and Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Manager Mitch Coppes spoke at a special briefing on Capitol Hill about ACTE’s new high-quality CTE research project. The event, hosted by the Senate CTE Caucus, was provided for congressional staff to introduce them to the recently release Defining High-quality CTE: Contemporary Perspectives on CTE Quality, the first publication in a multi-phase research project that seeks to identify and share best practices in high-quality CTE. ACTE staff discussed key findings from the paper and highlighted the policy implications of these findings for the reauthorization of the Perkins Act, as well as the Higher Education Act and Elementary and Secondary Education Act. ACTE will continue to update policymakers and education stakeholders on the progress of this project, and utilize this research to guide our advocacy efforts.