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Work-Based Learning Exemplars
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This report, released by the National Academy Foundation in January 2013, focuses on
internships that NAF, a â??network of career-themed academies that open doors for
underserved high school students to viable careers,â?Ì studied to identify best
practices in work-based learning. |
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Portable, Stackable Credentials: A New Education Model for Industry-Specific Career Pathways
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The paper, released by the McGraw-Hill Research Foundation in November 2012, examines some of the new models being invented by innovators in education, business, and the government. It also inclides a call to action for educational institutions, employers, and policymakers to come together to build on these beginnings and design a system of portable, stackable credentials embedded in transparent, more easily navigable career pathways. |
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A Talent Development Solution: Exploring Business Drivers and Returns in Learn and Earn Partnerships
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This report, released by Corporate Voices for Working Families in September 2012, identifies practices, chracteristics, and returns of innovative, business-led partnerships between employers and education providers. It presents a comprehensive overview of this emerging "Learn and Earn" field - an approach to the connections between employers and education providers that builds the talent pools employers need and offers employees the opportunity to gain tangible skills and earn a postsecondary degree/credential, and a path to a brighter future. |
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Connecting Youth and Business, A Toolkit for Employers
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This toolkit provides step-by-step instructions designed to guide companies on options for supproting, training, and employing disconnected youth. The toolkit also includes elements that are applicable to all youth populations. |
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Sectoral Strategies for Low-Income Workers: Lessons from the Field - Feb. 2008
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This publication provides a fresh examination of what has grown into the sizeable field of sectoral employment development, and, through a range of examples, offers insights into the key elements of "sector" practice. To produce this publication, AspenWSI researchers spoke with more than 60 leaders of workforce programs, all of whom use a sectoral approach for at least part of their work, and visited 13 sector initiatives. 2/22/2008 |
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Turning It Around: A Collective Effort to Understand & Resolve Philadelphias Dropout Crisis (2006)
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The Philadelphia Youth Council established the
Philadelphia Youth Transitions Collaborative (the Collaborative) to lead citywide efforts on behalf
of disconnected and at-risk young people. The Collaborative has prepared this report as
an advocacy agenda. |
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