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.
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.
Submissions must be original, human work. Pieces that read as if they were drafted, condensed, or edited by AI will be rejected. You can read our rationale and full standards here.
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
Are We Sending Young People False Signals About Their Futures?
As AI disrupts the labor market, students and young workers need us to be able to say that we don’t yet know what the future of work looks like.
AI Isn’t Permanently Killing Entry-Level Tech Jobs—But It Is Forcing Us to Rebuild the On-Ramps
As old paths to expertise erode, education and tech leaders must build new learning models that help young software engineers develop the judgment that an AI-enabled world demands.
The Credential-Tech and Skills-Tech Market Has a Transparency Problem
We need better benchmarks and transparency in workforce and credentialing technology.