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
Building the Noncredit Data Infrastructure: State-by-State, Institution-by-Institution
Spurred on by Workforce Pell, the first true national movement to improve noncredit data is taking off. Much work remains.
The Best Interview Isn’t an Interview—It’s a Training Program
For workforce training to pay off, employers have to treat it like an integral part of their hiring process—and colleges have to build programs that don’t view graduation as the end.
Now That Workforce Pell Is Here, Colleges Must Quash These Three Myths About Stackable Credentials
A lot of myths have grown up around stackable credentials. Here are three of the most persistent ones—and how institutions can respond to them.