News Releases

What Will It Take to Turn Around Low Graduation-Rate High Schools? (July 22, 2009)
New JFF report examines three major factors that should be considered when states, districts, and schools choose strategies for improving high school graduation rates...read more
JFF Expands National Advocacy Efforts (July 15, 2009)
Jobs for the Future, a national nonprofit organization, and the Workforce Development Strategy Group of the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE) have joined forces to form a new Workforce and Education Policy Group within JFF...read more
States Encouraged to Step Up Role If More Community College Students Are to Succeed (June 24, 2009)
A new policy brief from JFF describes the important role that state policy can play in helping community colleges advance students who are placed in developmental education...read more
State Action Urged to Help Raise Graduation Rates, Better Prepare Students in Struggling Schools (May 14, 2009)
A new JFF report released today gives state policymakers a detailed framework for helping all students persevere and succeed in and beyond high school. It also highlights more than 20 states and school districts that are already raising standards...read more
Former NC Gov. Mike Easley to Serve As National Spokesperson for Early College High School Week (April 28, 2009)
Former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley, who made support of early college high schools a hallmark of his time in office, will serve as national spokesperson for the initiative as it celebrates “Early College High School Week” May 4-10...read more
Early College High Schools Provide Bold Solutions to Educating Every Student (April 2, 2009)
At a time when our nation’s economic competitiveness depends on providing every child with an education that will enable them to meet the demands of the 21st century workforce, over 200 early college high schools nationwide...read more
Lieutenant Governor, State Leaders Vow to Help More in Massachusetts Gain Education, Good Jobs (January 15, 2009)
Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray marked the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. today by highlighting the education and workforce reforms that have helped more African-Americans and others in Massachusetts become educated and gainfully...read more
Obama Administration Receives Ten Recommendations To Restore U.S. Economic Vitality From Nationally Recognized Nonprofit (December 16, 2008)
JFF has released An Agenda for the Obama Administration and the 111th Congress, addressing two of America’s most pressing challenges: the call for economic recovery and growth; and the need for more equitable economic and educational opportunity...read more
National Workforce Development Effort Announces $5 Million in New Local Grants (November 20, 2008)
The National Fund for Workforce Solutions announced today the addition of 11 regional collaboratives and one new partner investor to its national effort to move low-wage workers into higher paying jobs while providing employers with the skilled workers...read more
What It Takes to Succeed in the 21st Century—and How New Englanders Are Faring (October 16, 2008)
At a time of historic economic uncertainty, a new Nellie Mae Education Foundation report finds that in order for New Englanders to prosper in a rapidly changing economy and society, there will need to be a change in the way all of the region’s...read more