Joanne Jacobs
What do you want to do when you grow up?
Working-class Americans voted to send Donald Trump back into the White House: He ran strongly with people without college degrees ,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 222 min read
Building Swiss-style career paths
Preparing young people for the workforce -- even if they don't earn a college degree -- is a priority for Democrats (83 percent) and...
Joanne Jacobs
Jul 301 min read
Blue-collar voters want schools to listen to parents, offer career paths
Democrats need a "radically pragmatic" education and jobs agenda to earn working-class votes, writes Bruno V. Manno on The Liberal...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 102 min read
College or Chipotle? High school graduates need more choices
America invests more than $500 billion of taxpayer money in colleges each year, writes Ryan Craig, in an Education Next forum. That...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 31 min read
Job or college? Germany adds flexibility to apprenticeship system
One German state is adding flexibility to its two-track education system, writes Frieda Klotz on the Hechinger Report. German students...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 32 min read
Joe the Plumber is retiring: Will Gen Z train for trades jobs?
Plumbers are retiring faster than apprentices are joining the trade, reports Salena Zito in the Washington Examiner. Builders report...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 313 min read
Apprenticeships fail to launch in the U.S.
Ninety-two percent of Americans like the idea of apprenticeships, according to a recent American Staffing Association survey, and 62...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 132 min read
Wary students seek no-debt degrees -- and no-degree jobs
Young Americans are trying to avoid student loans or find low-debt paths to good jobs, reports Nirvi Shah in USA Today. Janika Cook...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 16, 20231 min read
Gen Z teens want practical skills, on-the-job learning
Gen Z teens are very practical, writes Bruno Manno on The 74. In the recent Question the Quo survey, high school students say they want...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 29, 20232 min read
Leaving college for a factory job gave me dignity, security and opportunity
The U.S. Supreme Court is about to rule on whether President Joe Biden has the authority to forgive up to $20,000 in student loans by...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 11, 20232 min read
Feds fund college, neglect job training
College isn't worth the cost, say 56 percent of of respondents -- 60 percent among 18- to 34-year-olds -- in a a new Wall Street Journal...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 6, 20231 min read
Educating for adulthood
Americans have fallen out of love with college degrees, writes Jenny Anderson in Time. In 2019, Americans ranked “preparing for college”...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 13, 20232 min read
More young people are skipping college: Is that a crisis?
A good student at a good high school, Grayson Hart "believed college was the only route to a good job, stability and a happy life," until...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 24, 20231 min read
Apprenticeships on the rise
BMW’s Rising Scholars program lets 12th-graders launch a pre-apprenticeship in advanced manufacturing, including paid work and training,...
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