Take action
Now that you understand how to apply the E-W Framework to help achieve your goals, use the resources below to guide your next steps. These resources can help you translate your goals into action by developing a concrete plan and telling the story of your work.
Develop an action plan
The following resources can help you generate customized, comprehensive action plans for how to implement the E-W Framework’s recommendations in your state, locality, organization, or community. These resources are grouped by organizational level— state-focused support and local- or community-level support.
State-focused action planning resources
- Data Labs Playbook. Developed in partnership between Georgetown University’s Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation and the National Governors Association, this resource is a practical guide for public servants who want to launch a data-informed project in their state. Each section offers best practices, key questions, and tools and templates to help advance any new or existing data project.
- Build Your Roadmap – P20W+. Developed by WestEd, this questionnaire is designed to generate a personalized roadmap to support the development of state longitudinal data systems. By answering questions about your current work, it will generate a list of recommended next steps, tips, conversations, documents, and policies.
Local- and community-focused action planning resources
- Boosting Upward Mobility: A Planning Guide for Local Action. Developed by the Urban Institute, this report aims to support members of local government who want to increase upward mobility in their community. The guide helps you gather insights about mobility in your community and build a cross-sector team to plan, advocate for, and implement systems changes focused on promoting upward mobility and creating more equitable results.
- Economic Mobility Catalog. Developed by Results for America, this resource can support local leaders in improving economic mobility for their residents by identifying and implementing evidence-based strategies. The catalog contains summaries of more than 50 high-level strategies and over 200 specific practices and programs that have demonstrated positive results in rigorous evaluations. Each of the catalog’s strategies is mapped to relevant E-W Framework indicators!
Tell the story of your work
Storytelling is a powerful way to communicate about outcomes; build or maintain buy-in; and, most importantly, center the education-to-workforce journeys of students and individuals. Explore the resources below and collaborate with partners to share the impact of your work.
Related framework content
- Essential Questions Guide. Straightforward, student-centered essential questions can be a helpful lens through which to share the story of your work. Whether you have aligned around one of the framework's essential question or drafted your own, consider using this guide to communicate the importance of actionable data in achieving positive outcomes for students.
External resource
- Data Storytelling Toolkit. Developed by the P20W+ Community of Innovation, this resource offers data stewards and data champions at state education and P20W+ agencies the expertise, tools, and practices needed to support effective online data storytelling.
Questions? Looking for additional support?
We are excited that you have chosen to learn more about the Education-to-Workforce Framework, apply it to your work, and take action to improve students’ lives. If you have questions or would like additional support, reach out to connect with the E-W Framework team.