Toward the Big Blur: State Financing Models That Promote New Education-to-Career Structures
November 16, 2023
At a Glance
Jobs for the Future’s (JFF) vision for the Big Blur calls for entirely new educational institutions and systems to better prepare 16-to- 20-year-olds for college and careers. This paper examines a new type of financing structure needed to help states create more effective grade 11-14 schools and systems, as well as state examples of new financing models.
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