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Don't wait for college: High schools can put students on track for high-demand jobs
Redesign high schools to prepare students for skilled careers in growth industries.

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 262 min read
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Blue-collar jobs are unfilled, but young Americans don't have skills
Demand is high for skilled technicians and manufacturing workers, but few high school or college graduates are qualified.

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 261 min read
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Demand is high for skilled trades classes
Seventy percent of Los Angeles County students said they'd consider taking a skilled trades class, if their high school offered the...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 10, 20241 min read
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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
Apr 3, 20242 min read
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Black history in Florida: 'Strong, valuable people'
Alex Haley's Roots, which traced his ancestors back to Africa, was a very big deal when it was shown on TV in 1977. I was surprised to...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 24, 20232 min read
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Grandin: Educate the visual thinkers too
Our society and our schools aren't designed for "visual thinkers, which so many of us neurodivergent folks are," writes Temple Grandin, a...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 14, 20231 min read
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