State Strategies for Sustaining and Scaling Grades 9-14 Career Pathways: Toward a Policy Set for Pathways to Prosperity
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the state-level policies and actions that support the Pathways to Prosperity work, offering up concrete examples of how the approach is successfully implemented across the Pathways Network. This…
Maximizing Federal Support and Opportunity for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Maximizing Federal Support and Opportunity for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts This report identifies 15 opportunities to increase federal funding for the Commonwealth through new and existing programs, many of which would also increase services for…
Innovations in Developmental Education Redesign
Innovations in Developmental Education Redesign This series documents how Florida colleges responded to Senate Bill 1720, which called for the acceleration of all developmental education offered in the state, in order to highlight the decisions…
State of the Healthcare Workforce in Massachusetts: Challenges, Opportunities, and Federal Funding
State of the Healthcare Workforce in Massachusetts: Challenges, Opportunities, and Federal Funding This report is the third in a series designed to highlight potential ways for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to work more effectively with…
Always Growing and Learning: Press Operator Explains The Value Of The IMT Apprenticeship
The AFL-CIO Working for America Institute, in partnership with the Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership/BIG STEP and JFF, developed the Industrial Manufacturing Technician Apprenticeship. Its impact is showcased in this profile of a participant in the…
Apprentice to Journey Worker: First IMT Registered Apprentice Transforms Her Career
With support from WRTP/ BIG STEP and JFF, manufacturing employers have transformed the skills of their workforce with apprenticeship programs like the Industrial Manufacturing Technician Registered Apprenticeship. “It’s all about self-growth. If a person is…
Student Success Center Network: Stories of Success
Student Success Center Network: Stories of Success This series profiles the efforts of Student Success Centers—organizations that help community colleges implement guided pathways—in New Jersey, Ohio, and Texas to improve student success. A Student Success…
Beyond WIOA: Why Should Workforce Development Boards Care about Education Policy?
Beyond WIOA: Why Should Workforce Development Boards Care about Education Policy? This report outlines the importance of national education policy for carrying out comprehensive workforce development systems under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. And…
Early-College High Schools Beat the Odds
Early-College High Schools Beat the Odds Early college high schools across the country are opening up postsecondary education opportunities to a more diverse group of students, including students of color and low-income students. Published by…