Does everyone need a four year degree?

The answer to the title's question is of course not. But that fact shouldn't change the design of k-12 education away from the goal of every child graduating high school with the ability to pursue a college degree without remediation.…

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Machinists and welders

Machinists and welders have become public exhibit #1 of why we need to reemphasize vocational training in high school and beyond. The claim is these are high demand/high wage occupations that are now suffering labor shortages because the culture and…

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Worth Reading

We are releasing our annual report later this week. My plan is to use these posts for the next several weeks to highlight our findings. So rather than wait to write a complete post on each, here are some articles I…

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Transforming Education

If, as we and others have argued, education attainment is the key to economic success for both individuals and communities in a flattening world, how you improve education outcomes becomes a central question for community leaders and policymakers. We need…

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