01.
Empowering People to Navigate their Learning and Work Journeys
What policymakers can do to bring clarity to the chaotic work and learning ecosystem so that people can make informed education and career choices and access the support they need to enhance their skills and obtain quality jobs
- Uphold quality, accountability, and transparency for credentials and skills development programs
- Enhance coaching and navigational supports to inform education and career decision-making, emphasizing multiple pathways and entry points and focused on cross-systems collaboration and innovation.
- Enable public systems to respond to labor market shifts driven by AI and other economic changes, so that workers and learners can access the information and the skills needed to compete for the jobs of the future.
02.
Elevating Skills as the Currency for Advancement
What policymakers can do to ensure more people are recognized and rewarded for all the skills, knowledge, and abilities they have acquired through formal and informal learning and experiences
- Encourage wider adoption of evidence-driven, skills-based approaches to postsecondary education and training to accelerate credential attainment and advancement in quality jobs.
- Build the conditions for skills-based hiring and match people with quality jobs more efficiently and fairly through a modern platform.
03.
Erasing the Boundaries Between Learning and Work
What policymakers can do to bridge the divide between school and work, so that people are better prepared and able to obtain and advance in quality jobs
- Provide career-connected learning pathways into quality jobs.
- Encourage employers to support upskilling, education attainment, and AI readiness of workers.
04.
Enabling Economic Mobility
What policymakers can do to help people get ahead when facing personal adversity, costly decisions to pursue a new skill, or impossible trade-offs between taking a better job and losing critical benefits
- Provide people with the resources they need to meet their educational and career goals, emphasizing quality guardrails and the portability and stackability of credentials to ensure a durable return on investment.
- Strengthen pathways to economic success by expanding access to education, skills development, and work supports for people with lower incomes.
- Enable fair chances at economic advancement for people with a history of arrest, conviction, community supervision, or incarceration
