Work Shift strives to be a public square about the future of education and work. We welcome submissions of opinion essays from education leaders, funders, researchers, policymakers, and employers.
We’re especially interested in pieces that make strong arguments, defend those arguments clearly, and anticipate likely counterarguments. We’re not looking for essays that mainly serve to promote companies or products. These essays are not sponsored content.
Submissions must be original. We’re interested in short takes (250-500 words) on issues in the news, as well as traditional op-eds (600-950 words) and occasionally longer reported opinion pieces. Examples of recent opinions we’ve run are below.
Send your submission via email to editors@workshift.org. If you don’t hear back in about a week, feel free to follow up.
Recent Op-Eds
The Untapped Goldmine of Administrative Data
States are sitting on vast stores of data that could help them improve education and training programs in real-time. They just have to build the muscle to do it.
Rethinking Internships to Let Students ‘Try On’ Purpose
We need new models for college students to test out purpose-driven careers, while meeting urgent needs in local communities.
What Employers Really Think About Apprenticeships — and Why It Matters
Research points to ways to streamline and strengthen apprenticeship to make it more appealing to employers.