“Isolated efforts, even effective ones, do not have the same overall impact as multiple aligned and coordinated efforts,” the paper states. So, with so many players investing in the education-to-workforce ecosystem, how can progress be limited? “Stakeholders throughout the education-to-workforce ecosystem describe it as crowded, decentralized and difficult to navigate,” the paper states. “This challenge is becoming more urgent because education, economic growth, and opportunity are increasingly interdependent,” the paper states. This story is made possible through grant funding from the Arizona Local News Foundation’s Arizona Community Collaborative Fund.