About MDRC
Medina is a qualitative and implementation researcher in the K-12 Education policy area at MDRC, where he coordinates project deliverables. He contributes to implementation findings for several projects focused on career and technical education (CTE), including the P-TECH 9-14 Evaluation and the CTE Advise project. For these project teams he created interview protocols, conducted qualitative coding of interviews, and co-led the development of a student survey. He also coordinated the production of two reports for K-12 projects. Medina first came to MDRC as an intern through the Judith Gueron Scholars Program. After graduating from Brown University with a bachelor’s degree in public policy, Fernando returned to MDRC as a full-time staff member in 2019.
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Rachel Rosen, Ivonne Garcia, D. Crystal Byndloss, Shelley Rappaport, Emma Alterman, Hannah Dalporto, Hannah Power, Fernando Medina, Jalencia WadeNew models of career and technical education ( CTE ) have expanded student choices and shifted towards high-quality, career-themed programs of study and pathways to careers. Advising within CTE programs plays a key role in guiding student pathway choices and ensuring that career information is received by all students, rather than a select few.
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Rachel Rosen, D. Crystal Byndloss, Sonia Drohojowska, Leigh Parise, Rebecca Unterman, Emma Alterman, Jedediah Teres, Michelle Dixon, Fernando MedinaThe idea for this high school model began in 2010 in New York City when then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a public-private partnership of the New York City Department of Education, the City University of New York, the New York City College of Technology, and IBM to develop a new approach to secondary and postsecondary education. The result was P- TECH...