America Succeeds equips education and workforce leaders with research, advocacy, and solutions that foster economic mobility. We envision a future where every learner and earner is prepared to succeed as a contributor to their local community and as a competitor in the global workforce.
Why We Exist
Today’s labor market is changing faster than ever. As automation and AI reshape the workplace, durable skills – human-centered abilities like critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and adaptability – are in high demand.
Employers regularly tell us:
“We’ll hire the lowest-ranked technical candidate with durable skills over the top-ranked one without them.”
And yet, our education and workforce systems still struggle to prioritize, teach, and validate these foundational competencies. Monumental shifts in education and hiring are creating both the urgency and the opportunity to act:
- Education systems are expanding their focus to include holistic student outcomes and career-connected learning
- Employers are shifting toward skills-based hiring that values what candidates can actually do—not just the degrees they hold.
- Workers need resilient, transferable skills to succeed in a world of constant disruption and change.
Our Approach
We’re advancing the national movement for durable skills through a powerful two-part strategy:
This two-pronged approach enables us to drive systems-level change while delivering real solutions to those preparing learners and earners for the future of work.
