Published analysis on education, policy, and workforce opportunity.

AI & Future of Work · article
Retraining at Scale: Lessons from the IBM Watson EraIBM sold Watson Health for a fraction of what it invested — but the company's parallel internal reskilling story offers concrete lessons for the generative AI retraining challenge now unfolding at scale.
Jun 16, 2026 · 9 min read
Educators · Workforce professionals
AI & Future of Work

AI & Future of Work · article
The Algorithmic Manager: How AI Is Reshaping SupervisionOECD data shows 42% of EU workers are now affected by algorithmic management — and the technology has moved well beyond gig platforms into mainstream white-collar and public-sector work.
Jun 16, 2026 · 7 min read
Educators · Workforce professionals
AI & Future of Work

AI & Future of Work · article
Generative AI in the Public Sector: A Policy RoadmapFederal generative AI use cases nearly doubled in a year — but accountability, data sovereignty, and neutrality frameworks have not kept pace. A four-part roadmap for responsible integration.
Jun 16, 2026 · 9 min read
Educators · Workforce professionals
AI & Future of Work

Education & Human Capital · article
Education Systems Built for Jobs That No Longer ExistIn 1906, the Carnegie Foundation introduced the Carnegie Unit — a standardized measure of instructional time created as an administrative convenience for pension accounting. One hundred and twenty years later, it remains the organizing principle of American secondary education. The labor market the system was built to serve is gone. The education system built to serve it is not. This analysis examines the industrial design of American schooling, the accountability mismatch, and what durable-skills curriculum would actually require.
Jan 12, 2026 · 7 min read
Learners · Educators · Workforce professionals
Education & Human Capital

Education & Human Capital · article
Lifelong Learning Infrastructure: Who Pays?In 2024, Singapore enhanced its SkillsFuture Level-Up Programme, adding a $4,000 top-up credit for mid-career workers aged 40 and above. The policy logic is straightforward: continuous learning across a working life is a national infrastructure requirement, not an individual market choice. The United States has the components of a lifelong learning infrastructure scattered across disconnected programs. What it lacks is the architecture that connects them — and the political consensus that the cost is shared.
Dec 15, 2025 · 6 min read
Learners · Educators · Workforce professionals
Education & Human Capital

Education & Human Capital · article
The ROI of Workforce Certificates vs. DegreesIn March 2024, the Burning Glass Institute launched the Credential Value Index — the most comprehensive attempt yet to analyze labor market outcomes across more than 23,440 credentials. Its arrival reflected a fundamental gap: workers enrolling in over a million short-term programs rarely have access to the employment and earnings data that would allow them to make an informed investment decision. This analysis examines what the current evidence actually shows about when certificates outperform degrees and when they do not.
Dec 8, 2025 · 6 min read
Learners · Educators · Workforce professionals
Education & Human Capital

Education & Human Capital · article
Stackable Credentials and the Death of the Traditional DegreeMore than one million short-term workforce credentialing programs exist across the United States — with no consistent quality framework and no shared standard for what a credential means or whether it leads to a job. The direction of the shift toward stackable credentials is correct. The evidence that the structural conditions for success are consistently present is not. This analysis examines what the research actually shows about when credential stacking works, why the traditional degree is being unbundled rather than replaced, and what policy infrastructure is required.
Nov 10, 2025 · 3 min read
Learners · Educators · Workforce professionals
Education & Human Capital

Education & Human Capital · article
Community Colleges as Workforce EnginesThe average community college student in the United States is 27 years old, working full-time, and making a high-stakes investment in a credential they expect to pay off quickly. Community colleges enroll nearly 40 percent of all undergraduates and are often the only postsecondary option for working adults. Yet more than a third of all community college credentials do not lead to strong workforce outcomes. This analysis examines what separates high-performing institutions from the rest — and what Texas's HB 8 funding reform reveals about what structural change actually requires.
Nov 3, 2025 · 2 min read
Learners · Educators · Workforce professionals
Education & Human Capital