Juvenile Justice Reform: Federal Funding Opportunities
Juvenile Justice Reform: Federal Funding Opportunities This report, the second in a series highlighting potential ways for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to work more effectively with the federal government, shows how the state could better…
Heavy Lifting: The State Capacities Required for Scaled Developmental Education Reform
Heavy Lifting: The State Capacities Required for Scaled Developmental Education Reform For state policymakers, developmental education is an increasing target of reform. It’s proven to be a significant obstacle for students, particularly low-income young people…
Framing the Opportunity: Eight State Policy Recommendations that Support Postsecondary Credential Completion for Underserved Populations
Framing the Opportunity: Eight State Policy Recommendations that Support Postsecondary Credential Completion for Underserved Populations To reestablish the US’s place among nations with high postsecondary completion rates—a distinction it’s lost in recent years—states are actively…
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…
What It Costs: Financing Back on Track Through College Designs
What It Costs: Financing Back on Track Through College Designs Almost 7 million young Americans (age 16–24) are insufficiently attached to school or work. By helping a mere 0.1 percent earn a high school credential…
Pathway to Recovery: Implementing a Back on Track Through College Model
Pathway to Recovery: Implementing a Back on Track Through College Model *Pathways to Recovery* outlines how the Back on Track Through College model can not only help recover and advance thousands of dropouts but also…
Building Pathways to Credentials, Careers, and Economic Mobility: Recommendations for the Trump Administration
Building Pathways to Credentials, Careers, and Economic Mobility: Recommendations for the Trump Administration The United States needs bold and scalable solutions to harness the enormous untapped talent and potential of all Americans. Economic development and…
Building Pathways to Credentials, Careers, and Economic Mobility: Transforming the Higher Education Act for Today’s Students and Economy
Building Pathways to Credentials, Careers, and Economic Mobility: Transforming the Higher Education Act for Today’s Students and Economy While the U.S. economy has certainly improved since the great recession, far too many Americans are still…
Policy Leadership Trust
This select group of education leaders lets experience be their guide in developing state and federal policies that help students attain credentials for greater success in the labor market. In 2015, JFF established The Policy…