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Monday March 26, 2012
Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due
by Mamadou NdiayeA recent NPR report has raised doubts about the value of a GED as an equivalent of a high school diploma and most importantly its value in the labor market. The report quotes a top lieutenant of the Los Angeles Unified School District saying: "If I were prepared today with a GED, and that's what I had as an 18-year-old, I'd be scared to death of...
Topics: College Readiness, Dropout Recovery
Thursday March 22, 2012
Ensuring that Good Programs Make a Strong Impact (Part 3 of 3)
by Rachel Pleasants McDonnell(Part 3 of a three-part blog entry)
Getting to scale is a major goal of most initiatives both at JFF and across the country, but most of us still struggle with figuring out how to scale up what works and create real, sustainable, high-impact change. At the Achieving the Dream State Policy Meeting in Seattle, Washington on February 1st, Barbara...
Topics: Education and Workforce Policy
Monday March 19, 2012
Ensuring that Good Programs Make a Strong Impact (Part 2 of 3)
by Rachel Pleasants McDonnell(Part 2 of a three-part blog entry)
Getting to scale is a major goal of most initiatives both at JFF and across the country, but most of us still struggle with figuring out how to scale up what works and create real, sustainable, high-impact change. At the Achieving the Dream State Policy Meeting in Seattle, Washington on February 1st, Barbara...
Topics: Education and Workforce Policy