Matt Krupnick's Hechinger Report

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“After decades of pushing bachelor’s degrees, U.S. needs more tradespeople,” by Matt Krupnick, the Hechinger Report. For years the nation has tried to encourage students to go into a 4 year college to be able to achieve success in a major, however, many high school students are looking for other pathways that lead to success. Factories have begun to create apprenticeships to help induce students and employees to fill in the need of the jobs that have low employment rate. For example “Colorado apprenticeship program turns the factory floor into a classroom.” to help indulge students to work and learn during their high school career to help them see another option in their future.

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