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
Semiconductor Investments Are Changing Regional Workforce Development Systems. Can They Be Transformational?
The first in a series of issue briefs looking at workforce training responses in four U.S. regions—the sites of some of the nation’s largest semiconductor company investments.
AI Can’t Augment What it Erodes
The country needs an AI policy response that focuses on retooling and continued human development, or else we risk losing the very skills the tech is meant to complement.
The Future of Learning Looks Like Workforce Infrastructure
Education technology is not having a downturn. It has a category problem.