Ascend Indiana’s work to develop a plan in partnership with a health system and post-secondary institutions to build a model that will grow the supply of licensed clinical social workers trained to treat substance use disorder that will meet the needs of health systems across Indianapolis
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Is It Possible for Schools to Improve Leader Quality?
Alex Cohen is the Director of Learning and Evaluation for the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation. High-performing school leaders have a substantial impact on student achievement. Studies that aim to isolate the impact of leaders on student test scores find that moving from a low- to a high-quality principal can mean several additional months of learning. […]
Can the Swiss VET System Provide Practical Inspiration for Addressing Indiana’s Middle Skills Gap?
Claire Fiddian-Green is the President & CEO of the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation. It is no secret that the U.S. struggles with a skills gap. According to a March 2018 report released by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Burning Glass Technologies, “surveys of employers routinely find that companies have difficulty finding skilled workers.” […]