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Watch the Make School Work virtual launch replay in the video to the left for an overview of the book and the framework behind it. Then explore recent podcast features and press highlights, and download ready-to-use assets—author headshots, logos, book cover images, and the press release. For interview requests or inquiries, contact us below.
Featured Media and Press
Insight
Semesters, credit hours, four-year timelines – are they holding working adults back? Wisconsin colleges and manufacturers, including GPS Ed's Stephanie Reisner, explore on-demand education built around industry's real timeline.
Facility Management Journal
Facility management's talent pipeline is starting earlier. Stephanie Loeck explores why "qualified" isn't the same as "ready," and how work-based learning helps employers build the workplace judgment that only comes from real experience.
EduFuturists
Is youth unemployment really a "crisis" – or something trickier? Alexandra Levit and Stephanie Loeck dig into the demographic cliff, the "presentist" trap in education, and what young people actually need to be ready for work.
Dayforce
Make School Work author Alexandra Levit explores the workforce changes shaping the next decade beyond AI, examining how evolving employment models and talent strategies will redefine the future of work.
The Balancing Act Podcast
Stephanie Reisner discusses how work-based learning can bridge education and industry, helping employers develop future talent while creating stronger career pathways for students.
Midwest Book Review
Make School Work is recognized by the Midwest Book Review for its practical framework and timely approach to strengthening connections between education, employers, and the future workforce.
Working on Purpose
Make School Work author Alexandra Levit discusses why degrees alone are no longer enough to prepare students for today’s workforce, and how work-based learning and durable skills better equip graduates for long-term career success.
CONTRACTOR Magazine
Explores how work-based learning can help address skilled labor shortages by connecting contractors with emerging talent and creating stronger pathways into high-demand careers.
The Career Evangelist Podcast
Make School Work author Alexandra Levit discusses why a college degree alone is no longer enough, exploring the skills, experiences, and work-based learning opportunities young professionals need to thrive in today’s workforce.
Café Talks Podcast
Stephanie Reisner and Steph Loeck join Café Talks to discuss Make School Work, work-based learning, and how connecting education with real-world work can build students’ competence, confidence, and future opportunity.
Getting Smart Podcast
Stephanie Reisner and Steph Loeck discuss how high-quality work-based learning can help address the youth employment crisis by creating stronger connections between education, employers, and real-world career pathways.
CEOWORLD Article
Examines the growing disconnect between education and entry-level career opportunities and how work-based learning can help bridge the gap to build stronger, more sustainable talent pipelines.
Insight Jam Panel
Stephanie Loeck joins an expert panel discussion on how stronger connections between education and workforce can create clearer pathways from learning to earning, and the role of work-based learning in preparing students for real-world careers.
Advanced Manufacturing Now Podcast
Alexandra Levit and Stephanie Loeck discuss how work-based learning is reshaping workforce readiness and helping align education with employer needs to build stronger, more effective talent pipelines.
Executive Edge Article
Explores what today’s growing talent challenges are signaling for employers and why stronger alignment between education and workforce systems is essential to building more sustainable talent pipelines.
HR Executive Article
Examines how evolving workforce trends—from technology shifts to changing leadership—are reshaping talent strategies and why long-term solutions must address deeper pipeline challenges.
Before Breakfast Podcast
Make School Work author Alexandra Levit discusses the importance of continuous learning and adaptability, and how developing new skills and experiences can help individuals navigate a rapidly changing world of work.
Duct Tape Marketing Podcast
Alexandra Levit joins the Duct Tape Marketing podcast to discuss how small businesses can strengthen their talent pipelines through intentional work-based learning, exploring practical ways employers can help develop the next generation of skilled workers.
AllWork.Space Article
Make School Work Author, Alexandra Levit, explores how earlier access to work-based learning experiences can help address the broken school-to-work pipeline and create stronger connections between education, employers, and future careers.
IEDA Podcast
Alexandra Levit joins the IEDA Podcast to discuss the roots of today’s hiring crisis and how expanding high-quality work-based learning can help employers build stronger talent pipelines while giving young people clearer pathways into meaningful careers.
Now to Next Podcast
Alexandra Levit and Stephanie Loeck discuss the realities of scaling work-based learning and how intentional design can lead to stronger outcomes for learners, employers, and communities on this episode of the Now to Next Podcast.
Rethinking Work Podcast
The Make School Work authors join the Rethinking Work podcast for an upcoming conversation on the future of education and work, exploring how high-quality work-based learning can better align schools, employers, and communities in a rapidly changing economy.
Make School Work Book Launch
Make School Work introduces a practical, field-tested framework to help schools, employers, and communities address the youth employment crisis through high-quality work-based learning, drawing on more than 25 years of experience and real-world case studies.
A Look Behind the Book
Make School Work is both a promise and a challenge—giving students authentic experiences, building their abilities, fueling aspirations, and empowering their agency.
In this short book trailer, the authors share why a tighter relationship between education and the world of work matters—and how educators and employers can start small and build work-based learning that grows to quality and scale over time. The book codifies what we’ve learned so communities don’t have to reinvent the wheel, with a six-part approach to align the right partners around a shared goal: helping young people step into income-sustaining, life-affirming careers they can be proud of.
Press Kit & Assets
Media Guide
Author Hi-Res Headshots
Logos & Book Cover
Images of WBL in Action
Press Release
Media Inquiries
For press inquiries, interview requests, or collaboration opportunities related to Make School Work, please contact us using the information below.
Katie Ish
Director of Marketing
GPS Education Partners
Phone: (262) 226-2232
Email: kish@gpsed.org