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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, over 15 million workers were self-employed in 2016. Self-employment can offer dislocated workers a path to financial security and economic mobility. In 2013, the Department of Labor funded the...

Across the country, educators are considering multiple strategies to help students learn and reach graduation. One strategy is competency-based education, which allows students to advance as they demonstrate a mastery of skills or content...

Provides an overview of the Jobs to Careers strategy in various sites throughout the country.

Presents key elements for creating and sustaining regional partnerships, innovation, and economic growth.

Spotlights innovative states focusing efforts on future economic prosperity by prioritizing industry and occupational sectors that offer good jobs relevant to local communities and post-secondary access and attainment for adults with lower basic...

Traces the history of seven regional workforce collaboratives in the initiative, from before the launch of the National Fund through early 2010.

Examines an example of on-the-job training and its role in overall workforce development.

Highlights the ways in which community colleges are preparing frontline health care workers and low-income individuals for family-sustaining careers in health care careers.

Makes policy recommendations that intensifies efforts on low-income, underrepresented students, promotes strengthening, accountability and innovation toward the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Community Workforce Agreements (CWAs) are a social compact for creating and developing bridges between communities and union apprenticeship programs that provide pathways to career opportunities.