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WBL Return on Investment
Barrow County Schools · Work-Based Learning
📊 Research-backed · Real data · Updated 2025–2026

What is Work-Based
Learning really worth?

See the real return on investment — for employers who hire WBL students, and for families whose students participate. Every number backed by peer-reviewed research.

Built on real research: Strada Education Foundation, U.S. Department of Labor, SHRM, Upjohn Institute, Gallup, and peer-reviewed data from the National Survey of College Internships. Sources cited on every result.

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