The College Board announced a push into career-connected education, acquiring District C and its Teamship work-based learning program and partnering with the Carnegie Foundation to expand the teacher pipeline for career coursework. The nonprofit is also extending Advanced Placement into career and technical education offerings. College Board CEO David Coleman framed the moves as a response to student demand for job-related skills and a recognition that high school should better connect to postsecondary and workforce pathways. The acquisitions and partnerships aim to scale work-based learning and credentialing in K–12 while aligning high-school curricula with employability and college-readiness outcomes. Why it matters: A major admissions and testing nonprofit moving decisively into CTE signals a potential reordering of secondary-to-postsecondary pipelines and standard-setting for career credentials—an issue that will shape community-college enrollment, employer partnerships and K–12 to higher‑ed articulation agreements.