Linking Work and Learning might just change your mind. Connections is a comprehensive set of products and services designed to help integrate academic and work-based learning. The Connections products enable a school or district to structure and document learning at the worksite so that those experiences happen with integrity and fit into a meaningful system.
Connections includes seven publications.
Each publication has its own design and review team of representatives from school districts, business, and labor. In both design and content, the series reflects what is actually happening in successful work-based learning programs today. The design makes the information easy to find and use. The information itself is practical and clearly presented through real-life examples, fact sheets, forms, margin notes, discussions of issues and strategies, and other formats. These three products were developed in conjunction with Boston-based Jobs for the Future, a national nonprofit organization that promotes policies and practices that improve transitions between school and work.