August 8, 2024
At a Glance
Jobs for the Future’s (JFF) vision for the Big Blur calls for entirely new educational institutions and systems to better prepare 16-to-20-year-olds for college and careers. This paper examines how instructor preparation, state accountability systems, and learning management structures would need to change to help states create more effective grade 11-14 schools and systems, as well as examples of promising instructor innovations that are building momentum toward the Blur.
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