This planning checklist can help youth apprenticeship stakeholders inventory the relationships, policies, and data needed to initiate or scale high quality early postsecondary or dual enrollment within youth apprenticeship. Results JFF engaged a broad group…
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,…
Youth apprenticeship represents a proven approach to addressing the skills gap. Career Launch Chicago has developed a promising model for youth apprenticeships and engagement with partners to support the effort. Results JFF engaged a broad…
A Call to Reboot Dual Enrollment Dual enrollment and early college increase the number of high schoolers who succeed in college. Over the past two decades, they’ve grown from boutique opportunities to widespread college success…
On-Ramps to Postsecondary Transitions is a groundbreaking model smoothing student transitions from high school to postsecondary education and the workforce through a connected, streamlined college and career readiness navigation system. Partners Colorado Succeeds NORC at…
The Tennessee SySTEM grant supports the implementation of dual enrollment work-based courses, which combine dual enrollment credit and work-based learning through an employer partner, to better support the advancement of Black and Latine students, students…
Increasing College Access Network (ICAN) redefines online dual enrollment by combining the power of social-emotional learning, community partnership, instructor preparation, and intentional recruitment to improve student outcomes and provide students an opportunity to engage in…
Dual enrollment is a powerful mechanism to support college readiness and success for high school students across the country. Rural schools provide unique advantages but face distinct challenges in creating effective dual enrollment opportunities for…
An argument for erasing the boundaries between high school, college, and careers, and creating one new system that works for everyone. The Problem It’s time to give up tinkering and instead take on a radical…