Most Recent 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
Public Benefits for Employers and Their Employees (2003)

Ready for Tomorrow: Helping All Students Achieve Secondary and Postsecondary Success (2003)
The nation’s high schools, colleges, and second-chance institutions leave too many young people unprepared for adult success, at an unacceptable cost to t... read more
From Large to Small: Strategies for Personalizing the High School (2002)
In communities across the United States, the conversion of large high schools into small, focused learning environments is gaining currency as an education refo... read more
New Roles for Community Colleges: Expanding Economic Opportunity (2002)
In an op-ed appearing in several newspapers around the country, MetLife Foundation President Sibyl Jacobson and JFF President Marlene B. Seltzer note the centra... read more
Forty-Three Valedictorians: Graduates of the Met Talk about Their Learning (2001)
In June 2000, 43 young people received diplomas from the Metropolitan Career and Technical Center—the first graduating class of a unique, state-funded hig... read more
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
Wall to Wall: Implementing Small Learning Communities in Five Boston High Schools (2001)
Wall to Wall looks at three years of experience as Boston has encouraged schools to restructure entirely into smaller learning communities. Wall to Wa... 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