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    You can do anything (but some things better than others)
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jul 7
    • 2 min

    You can do anything (but some things better than others)

    You can do anything, children are told. Dream big! But many young people don't know what careers exist in the real world or what they...
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    ‘Every weld is a challenge’
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jun 17
    • 1 min

    ‘Every weld is a challenge’

    Philadelphia schools are focusing career-tech training on preparing students to move from high school to apprenticeships and skilled...
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    Hot jobs of the future: welder, plumber
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jun 16
    • 1 min

    Hot jobs of the future: welder, plumber

    Tennessee’s technical colleges focus on job skills, such as mechatronics. We’ve reached peak college, writes urbanist Joel Kotkin in...
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    It’s a hot summer job market for youth
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jun 9
    • 1 min

    It’s a hot summer job market for youth

    Working as a lifeguard was a dangerous job in “Stranger Things.” A red-hot summer job market awaits teenagers, reports Paul Wiseman and...
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    Working teens do better in school
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jun 9
    • 1 min

    Working teens do better in school

    Working part-time during the school year is good for teenagers, as long as they limit their work hours, concludes a newly published...
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    It’s a longer, steeper path to a ‘good job’
    Joanne Jacobs
    • May 21
    • 1 min

    It’s a longer, steeper path to a ‘good job’

    It takes young people a lot longer than their elders to be self-supporting, concludes two new reports from Georgetown’s Center on...
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    Class of ’22:  Fewer males aim for college
    Joanne Jacobs
    • May 19
    • 2 min

    Class of ’22:  Fewer males aim for college

    After two pandemic years, the college-going gender gap is widening, reports YouthTruth’s Class of 2022 survey. Compared to the class of...
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    Joanne Jacobs
    • May 4
    • 2 min

    Aviation students solve problems — before the crash

    Students are learning math, engineering and problem solving through a curriculum designed by the nonprofit Aircraft Owners and Pilots...
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    Career readiness starts in kindergarten
    Joanne Jacobs
    • May 4
    • 2 min

    Career readiness starts in kindergarten

    Credit: The World of Work American and British children dream of careers as vloggers or YouTubers, concludes a 2019 LEGO survey of...
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    Americans lose confidence in higher ed
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Oct 10, 2018
    • 2 min

    Americans lose confidence in higher ed

    Americans — especially Republicans — are losing confidence in higher education, reports Gallup. Three years ago, 57 percent of U.S....
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    Reclaiming degrees — but what are they worth?
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Oct 3, 2018
    • 1 min

    Reclaiming degrees — but what are they worth?

    Millions of students drop out or “stop out” of college with some credits, but no degree. Degrees When Due, created by the Institute for...
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    Why high schools can’t raise standards
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Sep 18, 2018
    • 2 min

    Why high schools can’t raise standards

    Forty to 50 percent of high school graduates aren’t prepared to pass a community college class, writes Marc Tucker, president of the...
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    ‘College for all’ works — for 16% of students
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Sep 11, 2018
    • 2 min

    ‘College for all’ works — for 16% of students

    Our education system fails most students, argues Oren Cass, a Manhattan Institute senior fellow and author of How the Other Half Learns. ...
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    Starting a school — slowly
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Sep 9, 2018
    • 1 min

    Starting a school — slowly

    In a New Orleans charter high’s first year, students beat the state school performance average, writes Matt Candler, a board member, on...
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    Colleges drop prices to compete for students
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Sep 6, 2018
    • 2 min

    Colleges drop prices to compete for students

    Some non-elite colleges are freezing or dropping prices, reports Hechinger’s Matt Krupnick. They’re competing for a smaller cohort of...
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    Best colleges for economic payoff
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Aug 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    Best colleges for economic payoff

    Which colleges are best at helping students graduate, earn more and pay back their student loans? The University of North Carolina at...
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    Short on college students? Add casino studies!
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Aug 16, 2018
    • 2 min

    Short on college students? Add casino studies!

    As the U.S. is running low on 18-year-olds. Non-elite colleges are having trouble meeting enrollment or net tuition revenue targets,...
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    California offers training for ‘stranded workers’
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Aug 6, 2018
    • 1 min

    California offers training for ‘stranded workers’

    California is moving ahead with an online college for “stranded workers,” reports Mikhail Zinshteyn on EdSource. It will offer short-term...
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    Job hunting 101
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Aug 4, 2018
    • 2 min

    Job hunting 101

    Job hunting is a class at Skidmore, a liberal arts college in upstate New York, reports NPR’s Elissa Nadworny. Paul Calhoun, a business...
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    Summer jobs aren’t for teens any more
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jul 14, 2018
    • 1 min

    Summer jobs aren’t for teens any more

    Immigrant adults are taking summer jobs once done by U.S. teenagers, writes Paul Bedard in the Washington Examiner. “Immigrants — legal...
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