education Publications

Moving Forward: Strengthening Your State's Capacity to Bring Innovation to Scale (May 2013)
Evidence-based innovations developed locally can have a powerful and broad impact on a state’s student success agenda, but only when a system is in place ... read more
What It Costs: Financing Back on Track Through College Designs (May 2013)
Almost 7 million young Americans (age 16-24) are insufficiently attached to school or work. Based on conservative estimates, we can generate over $1 billion jus... read more
Using Real-time Labor Market Information on a Nationwide Scale (April 2013)
Real-time labor market information is an emerging web tool for tracking the extent and nature of employers’ demand for labor by occupation, industry, and ... read more
Building the Foundation for Success: Case Studies of Breaking Through Tribal Colleges and Universities (April 2013)
Tribal Colleges Breaking Through, a partnership of JFF, the National Council for Workforce Education, and the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, was a... read more
From Innovation to Transformation: Texas Moves to Reform Developmental Education (April 2013)
From Innovation to Transformation tells the short story of how Texas community colleges decided to implement the New Mathways Project in every college in the st... read more
Impact Profile of Cierra Swopes: The Student Becomes the Teacher (March 2013)
Early college high schools blend high school and college coursework in a rigorous yet supportive program, putting students on a clear path to college success by... read more
The Economic Payoff for Closing College-readiness and Completion Gaps (March 2013)
The low rates at which U.S. college students complete a degree and the amount time they spend in remedial coursework are national problems. The situation is par... read more
Achieving Success: The Newsletter of the Postsecondary State Policy Network (February 2012)
Achieving Success, published by Jobs for the Future, is the newsletter fo the Postsecondary State Policy Network, a multistate collaboration committed to ident... read more
NCLB Waivers and Accountability: The Graduation Rate Balancing Act (February 2013)
States with NCLB waivers are developing new K-12 accountability systems that have the potential to encourage college and career readiness. However, states must ... read more
Using Educational Technology to Help Students Get Back on Track (February 2013)
Increasingly, school districts, schools, and their partners are incorporating technology into strategies that help engage young people who have fallen off track... read more