Ivy Sullivan
@ivysullivan.bsky.social
Youth Apprenticeships | center on education & labor at New America | she/her
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College costs keep rising. And many grads are struggling to land good jobs.
This ☝🏽st-of-its-kind landscape analysis presents both the promise of the degree #apprenticeship model that combines a real degree and strong career preparation—and also highlights where gaps remain.
This ☝🏽st-of-its-kind landscape analysis presents both the promise of the degree #apprenticeship model that combines a real degree and strong career preparation—and also highlights where gaps remain.
Mapping the Landscape of Degree Apprenticeship: Expanding a Promising Model for Mobility
A first-of-its kind overview of the state of degree apprenticeships in the United States, where these opportunities exist, what they look like, and what design elements make these programs strong.
www.newamerica.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:50 PM
College costs keep rising. And many grads are struggling to land good jobs.
This ☝🏽st-of-its-kind landscape analysis presents both the promise of the degree #apprenticeship model that combines a real degree and strong career preparation—and also highlights where gaps remain.
This ☝🏽st-of-its-kind landscape analysis presents both the promise of the degree #apprenticeship model that combines a real degree and strong career preparation—and also highlights where gaps remain.
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Raphael Warnock: “I can’t think of something more un-American than a federal law enforcement agency that can:
Enter homes without a judicial warrant.
Patrol our streets in unmarked vehicles.
Demand papers at random.
ICE has become a threat to our American freedoms”
Enter homes without a judicial warrant.
Patrol our streets in unmarked vehicles.
Demand papers at random.
ICE has become a threat to our American freedoms”
January 26, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Raphael Warnock: “I can’t think of something more un-American than a federal law enforcement agency that can:
Enter homes without a judicial warrant.
Patrol our streets in unmarked vehicles.
Demand papers at random.
ICE has become a threat to our American freedoms”
Enter homes without a judicial warrant.
Patrol our streets in unmarked vehicles.
Demand papers at random.
ICE has become a threat to our American freedoms”
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This piece is spectacularly good.
Gift link in Adam’s post.
Gift link in Adam’s post.
January 27, 2026 at 2:25 PM
This piece is spectacularly good.
Gift link in Adam’s post.
Gift link in Adam’s post.
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Across the country, #YouthApprenticeship is growing. But how can it reach its own potential?
💡 Here, we’re sharing exactly why policymakers, funders, and practitioners should invest in program quality and work to expand access for the young people who will most benefit.
💡 Here, we’re sharing exactly why policymakers, funders, and practitioners should invest in program quality and work to expand access for the young people who will most benefit.
Connected and Thriving: Youth Apprenticeship and Opportunity Youth
This report explores why youth apprenticeship could be a favorable option for keeping youth connected to school and work and what it would take to realize the promise of youth apprenticeship.
www.newamerica.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Across the country, #YouthApprenticeship is growing. But how can it reach its own potential?
💡 Here, we’re sharing exactly why policymakers, funders, and practitioners should invest in program quality and work to expand access for the young people who will most benefit.
💡 Here, we’re sharing exactly why policymakers, funders, and practitioners should invest in program quality and work to expand access for the young people who will most benefit.
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Next week, hear from @annieecaseyfdn.bsky.social's Lisa Lawson and our own @slaughteram.bsky.social who will discuss the neuroscience behind adolescent development.
🗓 January 20
🕞 3:30pm
📍 Hybrid
🔗 www.newamerica.org/center-educa...
🗓 January 20
🕞 3:30pm
📍 Hybrid
🔗 www.newamerica.org/center-educa...
Harnessing Neuroscience to Help Gen Z Navigate the Path to Adulthood
A Book Talk with Lisa Lawson, CEO of the Annie E Casey Foundation, and Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of New America
www.newamerica.org
January 14, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Next week, hear from @annieecaseyfdn.bsky.social's Lisa Lawson and our own @slaughteram.bsky.social who will discuss the neuroscience behind adolescent development.
🗓 January 20
🕞 3:30pm
📍 Hybrid
🔗 www.newamerica.org/center-educa...
🗓 January 20
🕞 3:30pm
📍 Hybrid
🔗 www.newamerica.org/center-educa...
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Youth #apprenticeship can help young people stay connected to school and work—but access and quality matter.
🥾 Here, our first report of 2026 explores what it takes to make #YouthApprenticeship an inclusive pathway to adulthood.
🥾 Here, our first report of 2026 explores what it takes to make #YouthApprenticeship an inclusive pathway to adulthood.
Connected and Thriving: Youth Apprenticeship and Opportunity Youth
This report explores why youth apprenticeship could be a favorable option for keeping youth connected to school and work and what it would take to realize the promise of youth apprenticeship.
www.newamerica.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Youth #apprenticeship can help young people stay connected to school and work—but access and quality matter.
🥾 Here, our first report of 2026 explores what it takes to make #YouthApprenticeship an inclusive pathway to adulthood.
🥾 Here, our first report of 2026 explores what it takes to make #YouthApprenticeship an inclusive pathway to adulthood.
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Upcoming at New America
📅 1/20 Harnessing Neuroscience to Help Gen Z Navigate the Path to Adulthood
📅 1/22 Connected by Design: Advancing Youth Apprenticeship Integration
📅 1/29 The Warhead: The Quest to Build the Perfect Weapon
📅 https://go.newamerica.org/new-america-events-5 #NewAmericaEvents
📅 1/20 Harnessing Neuroscience to Help Gen Z Navigate the Path to Adulthood
📅 1/22 Connected by Design: Advancing Youth Apprenticeship Integration
📅 1/29 The Warhead: The Quest to Build the Perfect Weapon
📅 https://go.newamerica.org/new-america-events-5 #NewAmericaEvents
January 14, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Upcoming at New America
📅 1/20 Harnessing Neuroscience to Help Gen Z Navigate the Path to Adulthood
📅 1/22 Connected by Design: Advancing Youth Apprenticeship Integration
📅 1/29 The Warhead: The Quest to Build the Perfect Weapon
📅 https://go.newamerica.org/new-america-events-5 #NewAmericaEvents
📅 1/20 Harnessing Neuroscience to Help Gen Z Navigate the Path to Adulthood
📅 1/22 Connected by Design: Advancing Youth Apprenticeship Integration
📅 1/29 The Warhead: The Quest to Build the Perfect Weapon
📅 https://go.newamerica.org/new-america-events-5 #NewAmericaEvents
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Upcoming at New America
📅 1/13 Redrawing the Lines that Divide Our Students: Data and Tools for Better, Fairer School District Boundaries
📅 1/15 Career Technical Education (CTE) 101: What Youth Apprenticeship Leaders Need to Know
📅 https://go.newamerica.org/new-america-events-5 #NewAmericaEvents
📅 1/13 Redrawing the Lines that Divide Our Students: Data and Tools for Better, Fairer School District Boundaries
📅 1/15 Career Technical Education (CTE) 101: What Youth Apprenticeship Leaders Need to Know
📅 https://go.newamerica.org/new-america-events-5 #NewAmericaEvents
January 5, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Upcoming at New America
📅 1/13 Redrawing the Lines that Divide Our Students: Data and Tools for Better, Fairer School District Boundaries
📅 1/15 Career Technical Education (CTE) 101: What Youth Apprenticeship Leaders Need to Know
📅 https://go.newamerica.org/new-america-events-5 #NewAmericaEvents
📅 1/13 Redrawing the Lines that Divide Our Students: Data and Tools for Better, Fairer School District Boundaries
📅 1/15 Career Technical Education (CTE) 101: What Youth Apprenticeship Leaders Need to Know
📅 https://go.newamerica.org/new-america-events-5 #NewAmericaEvents
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In a recent report for @newamerica.org's Better Life Lab, Georgia Norton highlights parent-led hubs that combine child care and shared work as promising, community-based solutions that can help bridge the gaps of the U.S. child care system.
🚼 💼 https://go.newamerica.org/child-care-plus-coworking-5
🚼 💼 https://go.newamerica.org/child-care-plus-coworking-5
January 6, 2026 at 5:52 PM
In a recent report for @newamerica.org's Better Life Lab, Georgia Norton highlights parent-led hubs that combine child care and shared work as promising, community-based solutions that can help bridge the gaps of the U.S. child care system.
🚼 💼 https://go.newamerica.org/child-care-plus-coworking-5
🚼 💼 https://go.newamerica.org/child-care-plus-coworking-5
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A new Better Life Lab report draws on ICE arrest data and labor market information to understand how the recent escalation in immigration enforcement has impacted employment among child care workers and mothers w/ young children.
🚸 More: https://go.newamerica.org/impact-of-increased-ice-activity-5
🚸 More: https://go.newamerica.org/impact-of-increased-ice-activity-5
December 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A new Better Life Lab report draws on ICE arrest data and labor market information to understand how the recent escalation in immigration enforcement has impacted employment among child care workers and mothers w/ young children.
🚸 More: https://go.newamerica.org/impact-of-increased-ice-activity-5
🚸 More: https://go.newamerica.org/impact-of-increased-ice-activity-5
This is my life line for staying up to date on Workforce Pell negotiated rulemaking! Check out @wesleywhistle.bsky.social's newsletter: workforcepell.substack.com/p/workforce-...
Workforce Pell: What You Need to Know
A version of this post was published first on New America’s website.
workforcepell.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This is my life line for staying up to date on Workforce Pell negotiated rulemaking! Check out @wesleywhistle.bsky.social's newsletter: workforcepell.substack.com/p/workforce-...
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*stands up on bus*
"I don't know what a starter home is"
"I don't know what a starter home is"
90 seconds spent answering the question "what is a starter home" without once getting near answering what a starter home might actually be.
"Starter homes are absolutely crucial"
"People just want to get into their starter home"
"It's about having that right starter home"
"Starter homes are absolutely crucial"
"People just want to get into their starter home"
"It's about having that right starter home"
Re starter homes:
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
*stands up on bus*
"I don't know what a starter home is"
"I don't know what a starter home is"
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🔔Native students face real challenges staying enrolled and finishing college. Colleges can make a difference with advising that gets it, financial support that works, mentoring, and programs that build community and belonging.
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #HigherEd
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #HigherEd
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
🔔Native students face real challenges staying enrolled and finishing college. Colleges can make a difference with advising that gets it, financial support that works, mentoring, and programs that build community and belonging.
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #HigherEd
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #HigherEd
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you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:
Explore How Different New Yorkers Voted for Mayor
See how voters turned out for Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa in every neighborhood in the city — and by income, housing and transit preference.
www.thecity.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:
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What exactly is a government shutdown, and what does it mean for our democracy?
In today’s episode of Democracy Deciphered, New America’s @mschmitt9.bsky.social unpacks why shutdowns happen and what history can teach us.
🎧 Tune in: https://bit.ly/474dXWq
In today’s episode of Democracy Deciphered, New America’s @mschmitt9.bsky.social unpacks why shutdowns happen and what history can teach us.
🎧 Tune in: https://bit.ly/474dXWq
October 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
What exactly is a government shutdown, and what does it mean for our democracy?
In today’s episode of Democracy Deciphered, New America’s @mschmitt9.bsky.social unpacks why shutdowns happen and what history can teach us.
🎧 Tune in: https://bit.ly/474dXWq
In today’s episode of Democracy Deciphered, New America’s @mschmitt9.bsky.social unpacks why shutdowns happen and what history can teach us.
🎧 Tune in: https://bit.ly/474dXWq
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Now you see me, now you don’t!
Good job he has his amateur magician work to fall back on.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...
Good job he has his amateur magician work to fall back on.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...
White House Pulls Pick to Lead Labor Data Agency
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Now you see me, now you don’t!
Good job he has his amateur magician work to fall back on.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...
Good job he has his amateur magician work to fall back on.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...
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Related to this story, we are so grateful to @duckworth.senate.gov for requesting a GAO investigation into whether ED not awarding CCAMPIS grants amounts to an illegal impoundment of appropriated funds.
www.duckworth.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.duckworth.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
September 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Related to this story, we are so grateful to @duckworth.senate.gov for requesting a GAO investigation into whether ED not awarding CCAMPIS grants amounts to an illegal impoundment of appropriated funds.
www.duckworth.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.duckworth.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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ICYMI: The @dol.gov plans to roll back equal employment requirements for federally registered #apprenticeship programs.
🚨 Yes, really.
Here, our policy experts @morganpolk.bsky.social and @ivysullivan.bsky.social detail how this new rule "deconstructs protections" for women and workers of color.
🚨 Yes, really.
Here, our policy experts @morganpolk.bsky.social and @ivysullivan.bsky.social detail how this new rule "deconstructs protections" for women and workers of color.
Proposed DOL Rule Scraps Anti-Discrimination Supports for Apprentices
A review of proposed changes to Department of Labor's equal opportunity employment protections and anti discrimination rules for apprenticeship programs
www.newamerica.org
August 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
ICYMI: The @dol.gov plans to roll back equal employment requirements for federally registered #apprenticeship programs.
🚨 Yes, really.
Here, our policy experts @morganpolk.bsky.social and @ivysullivan.bsky.social detail how this new rule "deconstructs protections" for women and workers of color.
🚨 Yes, really.
Here, our policy experts @morganpolk.bsky.social and @ivysullivan.bsky.social detail how this new rule "deconstructs protections" for women and workers of color.
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The president promised young people new opportunities. But his policies fall short.
🧵 Writing for @newamerica.org's digital magazine The Thread, @ivysullivan.bsky.social unpacks how cuts to #college and career readiness programs leave #GenZ with fewer pathways to success—and how we course correct.
🧵 Writing for @newamerica.org's digital magazine The Thread, @ivysullivan.bsky.social unpacks how cuts to #college and career readiness programs leave #GenZ with fewer pathways to success—and how we course correct.
Why Gen Z Needs More Than Trump’s ‘Make America Skilled Again’ Empty Promises
Trump promised to “Make America Skilled Again,” but slashed funding and student debt relief. Now Gen Z is pushing back and building a better future.
www.newamerica.org
August 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The president promised young people new opportunities. But his policies fall short.
🧵 Writing for @newamerica.org's digital magazine The Thread, @ivysullivan.bsky.social unpacks how cuts to #college and career readiness programs leave #GenZ with fewer pathways to success—and how we course correct.
🧵 Writing for @newamerica.org's digital magazine The Thread, @ivysullivan.bsky.social unpacks how cuts to #college and career readiness programs leave #GenZ with fewer pathways to success—and how we course correct.
The Trump admin is weakening federal agencies that support worker rights, and wants to make it easier for employers to get away with discriminatory practices. More on this in my @educationwork.newamerica.org blog with @morganpolk.bsky.social:
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
Proposed DOL Rule Scraps Anti-Discrimination Supports for Apprentices
A review of proposed changes to Department of Labor's equal opportunity employment protections and anti discrimination rules for apprenticeship programs
www.newamerica.org
August 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The Trump admin is weakening federal agencies that support worker rights, and wants to make it easier for employers to get away with discriminatory practices. More on this in my @educationwork.newamerica.org blog with @morganpolk.bsky.social:
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
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New America experts around the web:
1️⃣ @politicalreform.newamerica.org Maresa Strano for @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social bit.ly/3UN4HiJ
2️⃣ @educationwork.newamerica.org Rachel Fishman for @insidehighered.com bit.ly/4fwx7GY
3️⃣ Heela Rasool-Ayub for @aljazeera.com bit.ly/47schqb
1️⃣ @politicalreform.newamerica.org Maresa Strano for @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social bit.ly/3UN4HiJ
2️⃣ @educationwork.newamerica.org Rachel Fishman for @insidehighered.com bit.ly/4fwx7GY
3️⃣ Heela Rasool-Ayub for @aljazeera.com bit.ly/47schqb
August 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
New America experts around the web:
1️⃣ @politicalreform.newamerica.org Maresa Strano for @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social bit.ly/3UN4HiJ
2️⃣ @educationwork.newamerica.org Rachel Fishman for @insidehighered.com bit.ly/4fwx7GY
3️⃣ Heela Rasool-Ayub for @aljazeera.com bit.ly/47schqb
1️⃣ @politicalreform.newamerica.org Maresa Strano for @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social bit.ly/3UN4HiJ
2️⃣ @educationwork.newamerica.org Rachel Fishman for @insidehighered.com bit.ly/4fwx7GY
3️⃣ Heela Rasool-Ayub for @aljazeera.com bit.ly/47schqb
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Despite promises to "Make America Skilled Again," federal cuts to career readiness programs have left Gen Z without the support they need to explore and launch their careers, argues @ivysullivan.bsky.social of @educationwork.newamerica.org.
💻 go.newamerica.org/gen-z-skille...
💻 go.newamerica.org/gen-z-skille...
August 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Despite promises to "Make America Skilled Again," federal cuts to career readiness programs have left Gen Z without the support they need to explore and launch their careers, argues @ivysullivan.bsky.social of @educationwork.newamerica.org.
💻 go.newamerica.org/gen-z-skille...
💻 go.newamerica.org/gen-z-skille...
While we wait for Congress, Gen Z is getting to work! Check out my latest piece for @newamerica.org The Thread! www.newamerica.org/the-thread/g...
Why Gen Z Needs More Than Trump’s ‘Make America Skilled Again’ Empty Promises
Trump promised to “Make America Skilled Again,” but slashed funding and student debt relief. Now Gen Z is pushing back and building a better future.
www.newamerica.org
August 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
While we wait for Congress, Gen Z is getting to work! Check out my latest piece for @newamerica.org The Thread! www.newamerica.org/the-thread/g...
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Columbia University has handed over its undergraduate admissions process to Donald Trump and his MAGA allies, who will now decide at their sole discretion whether the university has admitted enough white people. It's no longer an independent institution.
July 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Columbia University has handed over its undergraduate admissions process to Donald Trump and his MAGA allies, who will now decide at their sole discretion whether the university has admitted enough white people. It's no longer an independent institution.