Work-Based Learning Is Iowa’s Workforce Advantage
16 Mar 2026
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Iowa’s economic future will not be determined by chance. It will be shaped by the decisions we make today about how we prepare young people for work—and how deeply businesses choose to engage in that preparation.
For too long, education and workforce development have been treated as separate systems. In reality, they are one continuous pipeline. At the center of that pipeline is Work-Based Learning (WBL)—a strategy that connects classroom learning to real-world experience while helping employers develop their future workforce.
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