workforce Publications

Accelerating Advancement in School and Work (2003)
Brookings Papers on Education Policy, 2003 features a chapter by JFF CEO Hilary Pennington. "High schools today must meet the dual challenge of prepar... read more
Speech: Avoiding the Disconnection Blues (2003)
"There is a disconnection between the skills that employers need to stay competitive and the skills that workers and job seekers bring to their search for ... read more
Public Benefits for Employers and Their Employees (2003)

Building Bridges to Family-Supporting Jobs (2001)
How can we help people, especially women, advance from a first job at the low end of the labor market into "second tier" jobs that pay better? What co... read more
Competencies That Count: Strategies for Assessing High-Performance Skills (2001)
Competencies That Count provides case studies of selected methodologies that schools and employers use to assess high-performance skills. It offers a start... read more
Using Real-World Projects to Help Students Meet High Standards in Education and the Workplace (2000)
Project-based learning invigorates students and teachers by showing how academic and technical content and skills are applied to the real world. This guide prov... read more
Making the Connections: The Role of Employer Associations in Workforce Development (2000)
Making the Connections is designed to help employer associations serve their members in workforce development needs. This guidebook focuses on workforce... read more
Knowing and Doing: Connecting Learning and Work (1998)
This book reviews high-quality learning strategies that are rigorous and applied. It includes a comprehensive overview of project-based opportunities for studen... read more