Most Recent Publications

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Selected Funding Streams for Struggling Students and Disconnected Youth (March 2009)
On February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the economic stimulus plan. Congress and the Oba... read more
Making Opportunity Affordable Newsletter (March 2009)
  The newsletter reports on and supports State Opportunity Grants, a major element of the Making Opportunity Affordable initiative. Making Opportunity Affo... read more
Lessons from the Lone Star State: Designing a Sustainable Financial Model to Expand Early College High School in Texas (February 2009)
Texas is a national leader in creating early college high schools, an innovative small school model that blends secondary and postsecondary education with inten... read more
Making a Difference: New Ideas at Work Across the Commonwealth (January 2009)
On January 15, 2009, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, JFF’s Making a Difference breakfast focused on the commitment to education and economic dev... read more
A Primer for Work-Based Learning: How to Make a Job the Basis for a College Education (December 2008)
This practice brief introduces work-based learning, a central and novel aspect of how workers in the Jobs to Careers initiative are trained and advanc... read more
Sustaining the Promise: Realizing the Potential of Workforce Intermediaries and Sector Projects (December 2008)
Complex workforce development projects managed by intermediaries, usually focused on one industry or sector, provide a wide range of education, training, and su... read more
National Fund for Workforce Solutions: Experience and Evidence (November 2008)
The strategies of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions derive from strong evidence that workforce partnerships or intermediaries and sectoral approaches wo... read more
An Agenda for the Obama Administration and the 111th Congress: Ten Ways the Federal Government Can Restore Economic Vitality and Increase Competitiveness Through Education and Skill Development (November 2008)
In January 2009, President-elect Barack Obama and the 111th Congress took office. They serve at a time when our country faces unparalleled economic and social c... read more
Better Together: Realigning Pre-College Skills Development Programs to Achieve Greater Academic Success for Adult Learners (November 2008)
How can states help working adults bolster pre-collegiate skills that restrain them from taking full advantage of college credit-level career and technical prog... read more
Learning and Working: Year One of the Jobs to Careers Initiative (November 2008)
Learning and Working highlights the challenges Jobs to Careers grantees have faced and their accomplishments over the first year of the initiative. J... read more