The following resources might be helpful to school districts and the community partners who work with them.
A Stronger Nation (Lumina Foundation). This report indicates that the U.S. is making slow, but steady progress in the number of Americans who hold high-quality credentials beyond high school diplomas. New data on nationwide postsecondary attainment indicates that 40.4 percent of working-age Americans (ages 25-64) held high-quality two- or four-year degrees in 2014, up slightly from 40.0 percent in 2013.
“A simple cure for education’s jargonitis.” For journalists, covering education means fending off lots of jargon. NPR ED takes a shot at defining the most popular education jargon to terms regular people can understand. (NPR ED, April 12).
