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We Are in a College and Career Readiness Crisis: Where Philanthropy Can Play a Role

Noel S. Anderson, Lisette Nieves, and Becca Huntting

Part one in a two-part series. Our public education system, as it exists today, was not built to prepare young people for jobs in the present and future labor market. For decades, it has been deeply divided, in both policy and practice, into two camps: “College for All'' and “School-to-Work.” These competing stances are often…