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Innovations in Labor Market Intelligence: Meeting the New Requirements of Regional Workforce and Economic Development
JFF in the News
Boston jobs nonprofit awarded federal funds
July 24, 2010, The Boston Globe
The federal government has awarded a $7.7 million grant to the National Fund for Workforce Solutions and its partner Jobs for the Future Inc., a Boston-based...
RX for an Economy in Recovery: Moving Good Practice to Scale
June 1, 2010, Solutions (by Workforce Marketing)
"As our country works its way out of the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression, one sector of the economy is a source of the good jobs we desperately need: health care. Reversing this trend requires fresh ideas about how we educate and reward frontline workers."-Marlene B. Seltzer, JFF President & CEOEarly-College High Schools Beat the Odds
May 26, 2010, Education Week (top commentary)
"If we expect the early-college movement to achieve life-changing results for thousands of more young people now underrepresented in higher education, we are going to need even more districts and states to embrace this proven model."-Marlene B. Seltzer, JFF President & CEOFrom Hope to Belief
April 8, 2010, Educational Leadership
"Among those concerned about high school reform, early college is emerging as an effective strategy for improving the outcomes for high school students." -Nancy Hoffman and Michael Webb
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.
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