Transformational Teaching: A Team Approach
Transformational Teaching: A Team Approach It truly takes a village to help the nation’s 36 million adults with low basic skills access economic opportunities. JFF’s Accelerating Opportunity initiative has found extreme value in the team-teaching…
Implementation of Accelerating Opportunity: Lessons for the Field
Implementation of Accelerating Opportunity: Lessons for the Field This report details the first three years of the Accelerating Opportunity initiative, diving into what worked and what lessons were learned along the way. Related…
Accelerating Opportunity: A Portrait of Students and Their Program Experiences from the 2014 Student Survey
Accelerating Opportunity: A Portrait of Students and Their Program Experiences from the 2014 Student Survey This report, performed in partnership with the Urban Institute, presents findings from a survey of students enrolled in Accelerating Opportunity…
Lessons Learned from Accelerating Opportunity
Lessons Learned from Accelerating Opportunity What are the most important aspects of combining Adult Basic Education and career and technical training? After four years of building the Accelerating Opportunity initiative, JFF has the knowledge to…
A Resource Guide to Engaging Employers
A Resource Guide to Engaging Employers This resource guide presents working models of successful employer engagement and lessons for securing and sustaining partnerships with employers, in addition to helping education and training providers fully realize…
Crossing the Divide: An Emerging Typology of Postsecondary Bridging for Opportunity Youth
Crossing the Divide: An Emerging Typology of Postsecondary Bridging for Opportunity Youth Through JFF’s work with communities around the country on the Back on Track model, postsecondary bridging strategies have emerged as a particularly critical…
Aligning Competencies to Rigorous Standards for Off-Track Youth: A Case Study of Boston Day and Evening Academy
Aligning Competencies to Rigorous Standards for Off-Track Youth: A Case Study of Boston Day and Evening Academy For over 17 years, Boston Day and Evening Academy (BDEA) has served a population of young people often…
Building a Successful Postsecondary Preparatory Program at a Back on Track School
Building a Successful Postsecondary Preparatory Program at a Back on Track School North Queens Community High School serves approximately 200 over-aged and undercredited students as they strive to reach their personal and academic goals. North…
Effective Practice at West Brooklyn Community High School
Effective Practice at West Brooklyn Community High School West Brooklyn Community High School has achieved a dramatic level of success in raising the graduation rates of a diverse population of over-aged and undercredited students who…