America Achieves, What Works Plus Collaborative, and The Families and Workers Fund announce more than $70 million in aligned philanthropic commitments to advance the goals of the White House Talent Pipeline Challenge

Culmination of Talent Pipeline Challenge brings together hundreds of partners to train Americans for good jobs building a better America.

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Tutoring is one of the most popular strategies for helping students catch up in the wake of the pandemic. But cost, staffing, and scheduling challenges often make it hard for schools to get these programs off the ground.

Following Competitive Process, Accelerate Selects 31 State Education Agencies, School Districts, and Tutoring Providers to Join National Community of Practice, Build Evidence Base for Cost-Effective, Sustainable Learning Solutions

The $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge (PDF) is the marquee of EDA’s American Rescue Plan programs that aims to boost economic recovery from the pandemic and rebuild American communities…

The Good Jobs Challenge received applications totaling $6.4 billion in requested funds, with an average request of $12.7 million per applicant

America Achieves releases report with playbook to help states and U.S. territories develop their broadband workforce, a critical step on the path to extending internet access to tens of millions of people in rural and other low-income communities

States and Territories That Fail to Address Workforce Challenges in Their Plans Risk Failure to Achieve Needed Broadband Access and Loss of Billions of Dollars in Incoming, Historic Federal Investments to Expand Broadband Nationwide Prepared in Partnership with Rural Innovation Strategies, Inc. (RISI), Report also Includes Original Analysis by Emsi Burning Glass Detailing Broadband Workforce Needs […]

As schools head into the final quarter, exhausted teachers and administrators are completing their third consecutive year disrupted by the pandemic. Assessments and other year-end data will provide a more complete accounting of the state of American education, but the evidence to date is disturbing.

School leaders with hundreds of billions of dollars in federal COVID-19 aid are ramping up plans to offer summer school and tutoring programs in an effort to recoup learning losses.