Lessons Learned from Accelerating Opportunity
Lessons Learned from Accelerating Opportunity What are the most important aspects of combining Adult Basic Education and career and technical training? After four years of building the Accelerating Opportunity initiative, JFF has the knowledge to…
A Resource Guide to Engaging Employers
A Resource Guide to Engaging Employers This resource guide presents working models of successful employer engagement and lessons for securing and sustaining partnerships with employers, in addition to helping education and training providers fully realize…
Crossing the Divide: An Emerging Typology of Postsecondary Bridging for Opportunity Youth
Crossing the Divide: An Emerging Typology of Postsecondary Bridging for Opportunity Youth Through JFF’s work with communities around the country on the Back on Track model, postsecondary bridging strategies have emerged as a particularly critical…
Aligning Competencies to Rigorous Standards for Off-Track Youth: A Case Study of Boston Day and Evening Academy
Aligning Competencies to Rigorous Standards for Off-Track Youth: A Case Study of Boston Day and Evening Academy For over 17 years, Boston Day and Evening Academy (BDEA) has served a population of young people often…
Building a Successful Postsecondary Preparatory Program at a Back on Track School
Building a Successful Postsecondary Preparatory Program at a Back on Track School North Queens Community High School serves approximately 200 over-aged and undercredited students as they strive to reach their personal and academic goals. North…
Effective Practice at West Brooklyn Community High School
Effective Practice at West Brooklyn Community High School West Brooklyn Community High School has achieved a dramatic level of success in raising the graduation rates of a diverse population of over-aged and undercredited students who…
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…
Putting Students in the Driver's Seat: Good Shepherd Services' LifeLink Approach to Postsecondary Success
Putting Students in the Driver's Seat: Good Shepherd Services' LifeLink Approach to Postsecondary Success LifeLink is an innovative college bridge and retention program that provides an efficient and centralized opportunity for New York City students…
From Remediation to Acceleration: Early Lessons from Two Philadelphia Back on Track Schools
From Remediation to Acceleration: Early Lessons from Two Philadelphia Back on Track Schools Dropout recovery schools and programs today face the challenge of preparing students to not only complete high school but also succeed in…