Approximately 10,000 students leave Alaska high schools each year, with or without a
diploma. In pursuit of their career and life goals, they chart courses across college
enrollment, employment, and other opportunities. Until recently, policymakers and educators
had little information about the pathways students took into their early careers. To obtain this
information, Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest examined data through 2012 from
multiple national and state education and labor sources to discern the pathways of 40,000 …