Most Recent Publications

Hidalgo Early College District Toolkit (October 2011)
As school districts nationwide seek ways to increase the college and career readiness of all their students, one district—Hidalgo, Texas—has establi... read more
Work-based Learning Toolkit: Resources from Jobs to Careers (October 2011)
This toolkit is a step-by-step guide to designing and implementing employee learning and career advancement projects for frontline workers. Created by Jobs for ... read more
What Gets Measured Gets Done: Adding College-course Completion to K-12 Accountability Systems (October 2011)
College and career readiness for all high school graduates: This is the new consensus standard for educational excellence, and more and more states are revising... read more
Scaling and Sustaining: State Progress in the Developmental Education Initiative (October 2011)
Substantive and innovative policy changes designed to help students succeed in developmental education are underway in the six states involved with the Developm... read more
Testing Ground: How Florida Schools and Colleges Are Using a New Assessment to Increase College Readiness (September 2011)
Across the nation, state governments and private foundations are pursuing the long-elusive goal of improving college completion rates. Driving these efforts is ... read more
Scaling Up Breaking Through: 2010 Evaluations (September 2011)
Breaking Through has engaged over 40 colleges across the country in redesigning programs to help low-skilled adults acquire the skills necessary to succeed in p... read more
Employer-paid Tuition Advancement for Low-income Workers (August 2011)
While many employers offer tuition reimbursement, few lower-income employees can afford to pay that cost up front and wait to get the money back. Also, most r... read more
Connecticut Health Care Workforce Assessment (August 2011)
During the current economic downturn, health care has been among the few industries to maintain its overall levels of employment, even increasing employment in ... read more
Designing STEM Pathways through Early College: Ohio's Metro Early College High School (August 2011)
JFF prepared this profile of Metro Early College High School in Columbus, Ohio, as part of our ongoing work to support the development of six STEM early college... read more
Building Integrated Pathways to Sustainable Careers: An Introduction to the Accelerated Opportunity Initiative (August 2011)
The core belief of Accelerating Opportunity is that postsecondary credentials are the gateway to family-supporting wages—and that those credentials are cr... read more