The Department of Education acts on the OECD survey results along with other recent changes in the adult education and workforce landscape in "Making Skills Everyone’s Business: A Call to Transform Adult Learning in the United States".

According to a new analysis of the 2014 National Study of Employers, many workers whose companies offer paid sick days still face barriers to access.

With the changing labor market and a more globalized economy, a far greater number of jobs require a postsecondary credential. However, many African-American young people are unprepared for the rigors of college.

State and local momentum in the earned sick days movement is driving progress at the national level. This was clearly illustrated on February 12 when Philadelphia became the 21st jurisdiction to pass an earned sick days law and the federal Healthy Families Act (HFA) was reintroduced in Congress by…

CLASP has released recommendations focused on young children and early childhood education, as well as academic success and college readiness for disadvantaged youth.

A CLASP report, written in collaboration with the Center for American Progress, highlights how the MIECHV program funding has played a central role in expanding home visiting services to vulnerable families.

President Obama’s FY 2016 budget proposal offers a bold vision for child care and early education in America, making a landmark, ongoing investment in a continuum of child care and early education services for children from birth through school entry.

The president’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget proposes targeted investments that will benefit individuals with barriers to economic success.

Check out a side-by-side analysis of WIOA’s career pathway language and the Alliance definition and how WIOA performance measures stack up with the Alliance career pathway participant metrics.

The CDF report, Ending Child Poverty Now, finds that child poverty could be reduced by 60 percent with a $77 billion investment in existing policies and programs.