HCM produced 51 state specific primers for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation documenting the states workforce and skills gap needs and how the states standards and assessments are addressing those needs.

HCM produced a toolkit for business leaders detailing how college and career ready standards and aligned assessments support their efforts to strengthen the education system in their state and address their workforce needs.

A Case study written on behalf of the PIE Network that details the robust outreach Louisiana leaders and advocates did to inform educators about the new aligned assessments.

Is your state working to help more people earn college credentials? Perhaps someone you know dreams of going back to college to finally earn that degree. A sampling of recent headlines from across the country suggests we might be reaching critical mass on the issue. 

Parent mindsets report (2017) in collaboration with Learning Heroes

Paper by Martha Snyder for the Miller Center at UVA

Parent mindsets report (2016) in collaboration with Learning Heroes

Announcement and link to a 2016 update to our Driving Better Outcomes Typology

This guide is intended to serve as a resource for state leaders who wish to support PLA, whether through new higher education policy or through legislation.

It seems unbelievable, but tomorrow marks the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Arriving in New Orleans this week, the memories came flooding back. The Weather Channel picture of a mammoth storm. Survivors’ joy turned to horror over learning that the levees were overtopping and that some would not hold. The faces of death, destruction and despair.

Writeup about Driving Better Outcomes Typology

College affordability is an issue that weighs heavily on many people’s minds. And it should. There was a recent story about a public official who was concerned about college affordability. He said he could relate to students who struggle to pay for college because less than 10 years after leaving graduate school, he was still paying off debt for both his undergraduate and graduate degrees. From Harvard.

Those of us residing in the Northeastern United States continue to hide away under blankets, waiting for a sign that spring is just around the corner. And there is one spring staple that Mother Nature can’t take away – the start of baseball.

One day in and March Madness has ensued, already proving why it is one of the best sports events of the year. Filling out the bracket. Pulling for the underdog. Buzzer beaters. The nearly 10 years of a spotless record against my dear husband. I love it all.

This paper by the RADD 2.0 consortium outlines the need for an automatic income-based repayment (IBR) system, measures the current IBR terms against these principles, examines ways to reduce administrative burdens and discusses the reasons for altering the current IBR formula when implementing auto-IBR.