FORGING FUTURES AND PATHWAYS
The Pathsmith® Durable Skills Framework was designed by America Succeeds to future-proof learners and earners with the skills needed for economic mobility in a rapidly changing world.
8 of the 10 most-requested skills in job postings are durable skills. 6 in 10 employers have already let go of a recent hire, not for what they couldn’t do technically, but for how they communicated, collaborated, and showed up.
These are the most wanted skills and the least developed.
The Pathsmith® framework is built to close that gap.
Created by America Succeeds and validated against 82 million job postings, the Pathsmith® framework is the world’s first employer-generated, equity-driven durable skills framework. It provides a common language for what mastery looks like and can be embedded across PK-12, postsecondary, and the workforce to make durable skills teachable, measurable, and portable.
Our Partners
“America Succeeds has set a new standard with the Pathsmith® Durable Skills Framework, offering a clear, employer-driven roadmap to the competencies students need to excel in an evolving workforce. We’re thrilled to be their implementation partner—bringing the ‘how’ through diagnostic support, strategy alignment, and practical tools that help systems build these competencies in relevant learning environments.“
TNTP
“Integrating the Pathsmith® Durable Skills Framework is more than enhancing educational content – it’s about shaping the workforce of tomorrow. By embedding these essential skills into our courses, we are empowering students with the tools they need to thrive in any career, making this partnership a transformative step toward career-connected learning.”
Jamie Candee, Edmentum
“There are few things I love more in this world than a beautifully crafted rubric. I’ve spent most of my life figuring out how to measure the things that don’t fit on a scantron — because I believe that’s our best shot at measuring what really matters, rather than letting what’s easy to measure define what matters. As a fellow detail-obsessed pedagogical nerd, I know how invisible all the hours of wrestling with nuance can feel. So I just wanted to say: I see it. And I appreciate it.”
Ryan York, Willow
Newsroom
“Even with the emergence of AI literacy and AI skills, the most commonly named skills across all job descriptions are still the core durable skills, communication, conflict management, teamwork, critical thinking.”
“The framing of ‘durable skills‘ is strategically useful because it shifts the discussion from a list of soft traits to a core investment logic. These capabilities don’t depreciate with each new technology wave, because the more AI absorbs routine cognitive tasks, the more valuable the uniquely human work becomes in comparison.”
“Durable skills are best developed when schools make them explicit, embed them across all learning, and connect them to authentic work with real consequences.”
Built on employer demand, the Pathsmith® Durable Skills Framework is the highest quality and most comprehensive framework available on the market to advance the delivery, development, and demonstration of durable skills. Our framework brings Portraits of a Graduate to life and fuels the shift to skills-based hiring and upskilling.
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