January 9, 2024
Registered Apprenticeship programs provide an opportunity to magnify equity in the connection between public investment and job creation. By utilizing already existing government procurement investments, Registered Apprenticeship is poised to drive more diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workforce, as highlighted throughout this brief.
This report examines Black Americans’ experiences with and perceptions of AI. It explores the potential ways AI could benefit the Black community and identifies actions needed to ensure that AI benefits everyone. Recognition of the…
How to Catalyze EdTech Deployments for People Who Are Incarcerated The following recommendations are steps that six sets of stakeholders—corrections leaders, postsecondary leaders, employers, solutions providers and technologists, investors, and policymakers—can take to catalyze the…
Vehicles for Change City: Halethorpe, Maryland Year Founded: 1999 (Vehicles for Change); 2016 (Vehicles for Change-VR) Website: https://www.vehiclesforchange.org/ Segment: Learning Content Provider Measures of Success Virtual reality training program reduces training time by 60%…
An Opportunity Software can generally be installed and updated more quickly and less expensively than more steady-state pieces of the technology puzzle, such as computers and networking hardware. That means it’s easier for program administrators…
How We Selected Companies JFF reviewed more than 1,000 organizations that offer hardware, software, digital educational content, and/or consulting services that could support education and training programs in prisons, jails, and other carceral settings. To…
A market scan of technology tools and platforms that can expand and improve education and training options for people who are incarcerated. Edtech providers seeking to offer their products in prisons and jails have an…
This report highlights the need for states to build more effective career navigation systems to better meet the needs of all young people and analyzes the extent to which each state has enacted the policies…