; or (E) any other activity that advances knowledge of career opportunities and assists students in making informed decisions about future education and employment goals; (2) provide professional development for teachers, principals, school leaders, administrators, faculty, and career and guidance counselors with respect to content and pedagogy that— (A) supports individualized academic and career and technical education instructional approaches, including the integration of academic and career and technical education standards and curriculum; (B) ensures labor market information is used to inform the programs, guidance, and advisement offered to students; (C) provides educators with opportunities to advance knowledge, skills, and understanding of all aspects of an industry, including the latest workplace equipment, technologies, standards, and credentials; (D) supports administrators in managing career and technical education programs in the schools, institutions, or local educational agencies of such administrators; (E) supports the implementation of strategies to improve student achievement and close gaps in student participation and performance in career and technical education programs; and (F) provides educators with opportunities to advance knowledge, skills, and understanding in pedagogical practices, including, to the extent the eligible recipient determines that such evidence is reasonably available, evidence-based pedagogical practices; (3) provide career and technical education students, including special populations, with the skills necessary to pursue high-skill, high-wage occupations; (4) support integration of academic skills into career and technical education programs and programs of study to support CTE participants at the secondary school level in meeting the challenging State academic standards adopted under section 1111(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(1) ) by the State in which the eligible recipient is located