Ideas

Case Study Scaling Dual Enrollment in Rural Communities

Dual enrollment is a powerful mechanism to support college readiness and success for high school students across the country. Rural schools provide unique advantages but face distinct challenges in creating effective dual enrollment opportunities for…

April 24, 2023

Project Student Success Center Network (SSCN)

This national network scales proven practices to help more than 4.5 million students earn credentials that lead to well paying jobs. Nearly half of U.S. community colleges are connected to the Student Success Center Network.…

April 18, 2023

Project The Big Blur

An argument for erasing the boundaries between high school, college, and careers, and creating one new system that works for everyone. The Solution We believe a system that would more effectively support older adolescents’ success…

January 19, 2023

Report/Research Modernizing Career Navigation in the United States

To help all students and jobseekers better navigate the rapidly changing job market and make informed choices about their educational and career paths, the United States must make systemic reforms and strategic investments in career…

September 15, 2022

Report/Research Digital Resilience in the American Workforce: Findings from a National Landscape Scan on Adult Digital Literacy Instruction

In the first year of the Digital Resilience in the American Workforce (DRAW) initiative, Jobs for the Future (JFF), World Education, and Safal Partners launched a landscape scan to better understand what training resources and…

August 15, 2022

Tool Designing With Equity in Mind: An Action Toolkit for Competency-Based Education

Higher education is meant to be an engine of economic opportunity and mobility. But for too long, institutions have struggled to offer equitable access and produce equitable outcomes for all learners. Individuals from a range…

April 21, 2022

Report/Research Texas Policies for Reconnecting Opportunity Youth in Back on Track Pathways

Texas Policies for Reconnecting Opportunity Youth in Back on Track Pathways This paper provides an overview of Texas policies that support Back on Track pathways for opportunity youth to attain high school and postsecondary credentials,…

September 24, 2021

Report/Research The Big Blur: An Argument for Erasing the Boundaries Between High School, College, and Careers —and Creating One New System That Works for Everyone

This paper argues for a radical restructuring of education for grades 11–14—by erasing the arbitrary dividing line between high school and college—to open opportunities for the learners our current systems leave behind. We make the…

July 20, 2021

Tool American Rescue Plan Funds Can Transform Education for Young Adults

The recently passed American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provides states with an unprecedented opportunity to use federal stimulus funds for innovative new educational programs supporting students who have fallen behind—including the millions of high school…

May 18, 2021