Skills Mapping in the Central Valley
This report, one of a series, examines how The Wonderful Company and its partners are using skills mapping to ensure that high school, college, and work-based learning experiences prepare students for high-paying careers in agriculture.…
Acceleration Strategies Series
Acceleration Strategies Series The Department of Labor’s Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College Career Training (TAACCCT) program is providing nearly $2 billion in funds to build the capacity of our nation’s community colleges. The Department of…
Success in Real-Time: Using Real-Time Labor Market Information to Build Better Middle-Skill STEM Pathways
Success in Real-Time: Using Real-Time Labor Market Information to Build Better Middle-Skill STEM Pathways *Success in Real-Time: Using Real-Time Labor Market Information to Build Better Middle-Skill STEM Pathways* encourages state support as colleges use high-quality,…
The Role of Digital Technologies in Deeper Learning
The Role of Digital Technologies in Deeper Learning To compete in today’s global, knowledge-based, and innovation-centered economy, young people must go beyond a high school diploma and acquire not just academic knowledge, but interpersonal and…
Jobs for the Future: Impact Report 2014
Jobs for the Future: Impact Report 2014 This report highlights our accomplishments over the past year and our impact on the nation’s most pressing social and economic challenges. It also charts our progress in achieving…
Equity in Competency Education: Realizing the Potential, Overcoming the Obstacles
Equity in Competency Education: Realizing the Potential, Overcoming the Obstacles Equity is both a central goal and fundamental value of competency education. Competency-based approaches are designed to promote equity by preventing students from falling behind…
A New Era for Educational Assessment
A New Era for Educational Assessment Among education researchers, there is a growing consensus that college and career readiness depends on not just academic knowledge and skills but on a wide range of social and…
The Past and the Promise: Today's Competency Education Movement
The Past and the Promise: Today's Competency Education Movement Competency education is attracting significant interest as a promising way to help meet our national priority of ensuring that all young people are ready for college…
How to Help Struggling High School Students Reach Common Core Standards: New York City's Comprehensive Approach
How to Help Struggling High School Students Reach Common Core Standards: New York City's Comprehensive Approach This report documents the pilot phase of a professional development initiative in New York City, designed to build school…