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Partnerships Help Health Care Workers Upgrade Their Skills
March 4, 2010, Community College Times
Frontline health care workers typically receive little or no training from peers and often feel that their contributions to the workplace are not recognized, which in turn can lead to high turnover and increased costs, according to Jobs for the Future, which organized the conference.
Early College Program Catching On
February 28, 2010, Rockingham News (NC)
It’s a fairly new concept, but early college high schools are popping up across the nation, as schools everywhere seek to motivate students, boost graduation rates and get students thinking about life after high school.
A Week to Focus on the Health Care Workforce
February 26, 2010, Community College Times
Jobs for the Future's New Health Care Workforce conference will convene health care policymakers, workforce experts and industry leaders to discuss the role of workforce policy in health care reform and its implications on workers in the industry. Community college officials will talk about educational settings that support workers and work environments that support learning.
More High-Schoolers Reinvent or Skip Their Senior Year
February 25, 2010, USA Today
"The power of the model is this explicit crossing and overlay of college into high school," says Joel Vargas, a program director at Jobs for the Future, a Boston non-profit that works with struggling and out-of-school young people.
For Students at Risk, Early College Proves a Draw
February 8, 2010, The New York Times
JFF's Michael Webb discusses early-college schools, once for the affluent and overachieving, and now serving more low-income students.
21 Early College High Schools Listed Among Top U.S. High Schools
December 21, 2009, FOXBusiness.com
A JFF release about the 21 early colleges named top high schools by U.S. News & World Report, picked up by FOX Business and 190 other outlets.
Dropout Factories: New Strategies States Can Use
December 15, 2009, Education Week
A commentary on how states can turn around failing high schools, by Robert Balfanz and JFF's Cheryl Almeida and Adria Steinberg, authors of Graduating America (released July 2009).
Buncombe Early College Program Faces Challenges
December 8, 2009, The Lincoln Tribune [Lincolnton, NC]
Buncombe County Early College has performed extremely well for a school that is one of the first of its kind in the state, said Michael Webb, both associate vice president of Jobs for the Future and director of the national Early College High School Initiative in Boston.
Answers on Community Colleges
November 21, 2009, The New York Times
A 2008 policy brief authored by Michael Collins of Jobs for the Future (see It's Not About the Cut Score) provides a great overview of state policies [concerning developmental education]... about the efficacy of placement policies, I would refer you to another recent report by Mr. Collins, entitled Setting Up Success in Developmental Education...
Community Investments Aim to Spur New Economic Foundation for Detroit
November 4, 2009, PR Newswire [national release]
A new funder's collaborative will train workers for the city's health and green sectors. The group—with a $1.025 million grant from Knight Foundation, support from the National Fund for Workforce Solutions and managed by the United Way of Southeastern Michigan—will help prepare low-skilled residents for skilled Detroit health care and green economy jobs.
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