ERIC Number: ED660515
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Aug-28
Pages: 34
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Building Blocks toward the Big Blur. State Policy Framework -- Version 3.0
David Altstadt; Erica Cuevas; Libuse Binder
Jobs for the Future
Jobs for the Future (JFF) is developing this state policy framework to outline the steps states can take toward fully adopting each of the Big Blur's four key components and creating a more effective system for grades 11-14. The Big Blur argues for the need to erase the arbitrary boundaries between high school, college, and careers and create one new system for grades 11-14. The model opens the opportunity for all students to start earning a postsecondary credential and preparing for career success in 11th grade. The framework describes a continuum of four types of state policy environments that states currently have or will experience on the road toward a fully reimagined system of education-to-career pathways that work for all students. The four policy environments are: (1) fragmented; (2) coordinated; (3) integrated; and (4) transformed. In the framework, JFF provides examples of how each of the key components of the Big Blur (incentives, alignment, governance, and staffing) evolves from a fragmented to a fully transformed state policy environment.
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 11, Grade 12, Vocational Education, Vocational Education Teachers, Vocational High Schools, Career Academies, Career Pathways, Career Readiness, Community College Students, State Policy, Educational Policy, State Aid, Funding Formulas, Partnerships in Education, Integrated Curriculum, Incentives, Alignment (Education), Governance, Educational Change
Jobs for the Future. 88 Broad Street 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02110. Tel: 617-728-4446; Fax: 617-728-4857; e-mail: info@jff.org; Web site: http://www.jff.org
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 11; Grade 12; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: JFF (Jobs for the Future)
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