Education May 16 School administrators hope apprenticeship programs will alleviate teacher shortages By Stephanie Sy, Mary Fecteau
Education Jul 01 Facing skilled worker shortage, U.S. companies try to train their own new labor pools With a growing consensus that some sectors of the economy face a shortage of qualified workers, employers are paying entry-level workers to learn on the job. By Levi Pulkkinen, The Hechinger Report
Education Feb 09 Colleges and businesses team up to fill demand for skilled workers One state tries industry partnerships to close the divide between what college students learn and employers need. By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report
Education Sep 01 Century-old ‘work college’ model regains popularity as student debt grows Work colleges, where students get paid or gain credit toward tuition, are drawing renewed interest, thanks to rising student debt, skepticism about the financial payoff of a liberal arts education and employer complaints that graduates aren’t prepared for jobs. By Timothy Pratt, The Hechinger Report
Education Aug 25 How to educate Americans for jobs? Ask the Germans, employers urge U.S. colleges are importing the German model of career and technical education to keep up with a demand they can’t fill for skilled, mid-level American workers. By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report