House GOP Aims to Make Adult Education a Funnel to Low-Wage Jobs
Removing the program from the Education Department would undermine the ambitions of students and start Hill efforts to shutter the agency.
Economic & Workforce Development
Work Shift and New America Launch Reporting Fellowship
The Future of Work Reporting Fellowship will support journalists telling place-based stories that explore how government and private investments are reshaping economic opportunity across the United States.
New America & ACCT Invite Community Colleges to Apply for Work-Based Learning Capacity-Building Cohort
New America and the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) invite community colleges to apply for the Work-Based Learning (WBL) Capacity Building Cohort.
Leveraging Intermediaries to Strengthen Workforce and Economic Development Systems
Intermediaries are key to workforce and economic development, but what do they actually do? We seek feedback on six coordination functions every state needs.
What’s in a Name? Unpacking Definitions of “Degree Apprenticeship” and “Apprenticeship Degree”
How the terms “degree apprenticeship” and “apprenticeship degree” differ—and what they have in common.
Workforce Pell: What You Need to Know
Workforce Pell opens the door to a new category of education: programs straddling the worlds of workforce training and higher education.
High Quality Pre-K Starts with Supported Teachers: Strengthening Curricula for Students with Disabilities
Few pre-K curricula provide strategies for children with disabilities or target their developmental needs.
Does Combined Planning Help States Align Workforce Initiatives? Survey Shows Mixed Results.
Has allowing states to combine their WIOA and Perkins plans and submit together helped align workforce initiatives? Results are mixed.
LAUNCH “Accelerates” Pathways Work in Six States Across the Nation
Six states within the newly established LAUNCH Community of Practice were selected to “accelerate” their big bet on pathways.
