Creating a Responsive and Sustainable Statewide Work-Based Learning Structure

The COVID-19 pandemic forced state education and workforce systems to quickly adapt to urgent and novel health and economic crises. Governors have been increasingly supportive of work-based learning, a workforce training strategy that connects classroom learning with on-the job experience.

This reference guide builds on the lessons captured in the first six months of the third phase of NGA Center’s Policy Academy on Scaling-Work Based Learning (Phase III) and State Strategies to Scale Work-Based Learning and outlines what policymakers should consider when creating a statewide work-based learning structure. Examples of how a strong statewide structure helped states adapt during the pandemic are included at the end of the guide.

 

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