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Learning By Doing

Case studies in building the infrastructure for career pathways

Foreword: Building Blocks

A startling transformation is underway, in the economy, in the culture, and among policymakers.

The Data: An Inadequate American System

The American commitment to “College for All” has been an unmitigated disaster for the majority of young people.

Case Study: Fresno Unified School District

Across seven comprehensive high schools and seven specialty high schools, the district offers 81 different career pathways.

Case Study: Texas State Technical College

The single objective is training and placing a skilled workforce with Texas employers.

Case Study: Micron Technology

A Registered Apprenticeship pathway to train entry-level technicians for the company’s Idaho and Virginia fabs.

Case Study: electrical training ALLIANCE

A nonprofit national training organization associated with the joint apprenticeship system created by the IBEW and the NECA.

Case Study: Micron Technology & North America’s Building Trades Unions

The workforce plan includes a project-linked contractor funding contribution stream to support the Pathways to Apprenticeship pipeline and a first-source referral approach.

Learning By Doing: Policy Recommendations

Ten recommendations to advance opportunity pluralism: a diversified system of credible, work-connected pathways that meet people where they are and lead to good jobs.

Case Study: Hadrian

A Workforce Development Program that is a core investment and a competitive advantage.

New Policy Brief Details How to Win Back Control of the Classroom from Big Tech

The administration must not allow EdTech to further erode American education.

Teaching to the Tech

Holding the purveyors of AI EdTech to high standards will spur innovation in the present and set today’s students up for success as tomorrow’s citizens, workers, thinkers, and entrepreneurs.

Policy Brief: Making AI in Education Work for Kids

Setting real standards for AI in schools.

Educating for an AI Future

American Compass Comment to the Department of Education

Addressing the College Credibility Crisis

Expanding alternative approaches like paid apprenticeships can help alleviate college concerns

Is Academic ‘Wokeness’ in Remission?

New developments may seem promising, but the real problems are deeper

From the ‘Great Connector’ to the ‘Great Sorter’

Young Americans need more communal pathways to adulthood than the traditional, four-year college route

Science Policy Can’t Be Driven by Advocates

Ideology has seeped into federal science funding, highlighting the need for reform

A Glimmer of Hope for American Colleges

New efforts at promoting intellectual diversity on campus could deliver much-needed reform.

It’s Conservatives That Should Be Storming the Ivory Tower

Universities depend on taxpayer money to survive, and they are wasting those funds

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