JFF in the News

Rural Educators Talk Strategies for Dropout Prevention

May 4, 2012, Education Week

One out of every four rural high school students won't graduate from high school. Some rural communities are finding innovative ways to prevent dropouts. The U.S. Department of Education and Jobs for the Future hosted a webinar Thursday on dropout prevention in rural areas, "Utilizing the Village: Building Community Support for Dropout Prevention and Recovery Work in Rural Communities."

U.S. Department of Education and Jobs for the Future Sponsor Webinar on Supporting Dropout Prevention in Rural Areas

May 3, 2012, U.S. Department of Education

The U.S. Department of Education and Jobs for the Future (JFF) will conduct a webinar on dropout prevention in rural areas on Thursday, May 3 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET. “Utilizing the Village: Building Community Support for Dropout Prevention and Recovery Work in Rural Communities” will present the scope of the dropout problem in rural localities and features two community mobilization strategies that have been effective in building support for addressing the issue.

U.S. Department of Labor launches Virtual Career Network to highlight job opportunities and training in health care

April 16, 2012, U.S. Department of Labor

To build the Virtual Career Network and provide initial content, the AACC collaborated with the National Association of Workforce Boards, the American Council on Education, the National Association of State Workforce Agencies, the DirectEmployers Association, the U.S. Department of Defense, Jobs for the Future...

High School, Only Shorter

April 10, 2012, Wall Street Journal - Work & Family

...early grads may have a more difficult time getting into competitive colleges, according to a study last year by researchers at Jobs for the Future, a Boston nonprofit group that promotes improvements in education and work force strategies; they may not have time to complete advanced-placement or college-level courses such colleges like to see.

Jobs for the Future Launches Project On Student-Centered Learning

March 19, 2012, Getting Smart

Jobs for the Future (JFF) recently released three papers as the beginning of a series in its new project “Students at the Center: Teaching and Learning in the Era of the Common Core.” The first three papers focus on...

Chicago High School/College Hybrids to Offer College, Job Training

March 16, 2012, US News & World Report- Education

"A rigorous and robust curriculum" prepares graduates for skilled jobs and higher education, says LaVonne Sheffield, associate vice president of early college expansion at Jobs for the Future.

Early college high school students are more likely to complete high school and enroll in college, according to Jobs for the Future.

How Can Localities Support Job Growth?

March 12, 2012, Governing

The former requires awareness about what resources are available to local workforce development boards (which go by numerous names depending on the state), said Mary Gardner Clagett, director of the workforce and education policy group at Jobs for the Future, a non-profit group with a stated goal of doubling the number of low-income adults and youth with postsecondary credentials by 2020.

Nine Community College Faculty Gather in Virginia to Integrate NASA Tools into their Curriculum

February 28, 2012, National Wildlife Federation

Last Thursday-Friday, National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and Jobs for the Future (JFF) hosted a professional development institute in Reston, Virginia, at NWF HQs for the community college faculty participants of the Building a Diverse, Green Workforce Project. NWF in partnership with JFF, received funding through NASA’s Innovations in Global Climate Change Education program for this project to work with three community colleges in the U.S.

Lawmakers Consider Early Graduation Policies

February 24, 2012, District Administration

According to a study released last August by Jobs for the Future (JFF), if early graduation scholarships cost less than the K12 allotments they replace, districts can save money. “The most important consequence of this is getting low-income and underrepresented students access to college opportunities,” says Diane Ward, director of state education policy for JFF. Ward encourages lawmakers evaluating early graduation incentives to consider the following...

Making a Key Distinction: Real-Time LMI & Traditional Labor Market Data

February 7, 2012, EMSI (Economic Modeling Specialists Inc.)

Jobs for the Future did a great job of summarizing the limitations – as well as the advantages – of a job-posting data in a recent report:

As the building blocks for analyzing real-time labor market demand, online job ads have three substantial shortcomings...

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