From the Georgia Budget & Policy Institute (GBPI): Dual Enrollment presents an opportunity to better prepare students for success in both high school and college. Soon most jobs will require some level of postsecondary education.[1] Dual Enrollment prepares students for the transition between secondary and postsecondary education and helps students get to and through their chosen […]
Policy Matters
MAX ALERT: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Releases Discussion Paper on Successful Training Programs
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta recently released a discussion paper on What Works at Scale: A Framework to Scale Up Workforce Development Programs. Here’s an excerpt from the paper: Workforce development policymakers have access to a growing evidence base of successful training programs backed by rigorous randomized controlled trials. This evidence base identifies programs […]
MAX ALERT: New Policy Brief from the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research on Multiple Jobholding
The W.E. Upjohn Institute recently released the policy brief, Multiple Jobholding: Knowing the Facts to Draw Proper Policy Conclusions. Here is an excerpt of key highlights from the brief: Holding several jobs at once is not becoming the new norm. If anything, multiple jobholding has been stable or even declining over the past few decades. […]