Small-town shared workspaces are equipping residents with tools for creative collaboration and entrepreneurship. They’re reshaping how rural residents launch businesses.
While one stated purpose of worksite immigration raids is to remove illegal competition from the labor marketplace, the reality is far messier.
The state is trying to make apprenticeships a common offering in high school, but there are challenges, including a shortage of interested businesses.
The initiative was created four years ago to combat Colorado’s teacher shortage. More than 2,000 people have received grants from the program since its creation.
Employers aren’t happy with the skills today’s college graduates bring to the workplace. A few states are addressing the problem with effective work-based learning programs.
Arizona has seen more turnover in its election offices than most states. A fellowship program showed a path for attracting young workers to these jobs.
One California re-entry program boasts a 92 percent success rate in helping former prisoners find jobs or continue schooling — and keep from reoffending.
A series of new laws expanded workforce programs through high schools, community colleges and apprenticeships.
The Legislature is poised to put a constitutional amendment on next year’s ballot that would make thousands of state jobs “unclassified,” allowing at-will firing of employees.
Like other states, North Dakota urgently needs more teachers. It’s among the first to adopt a model other sectors have used for decades.
The 1960s-era program put at-risk youth to work, but the Labor Department concluded its costs were too high and that privately-run facilities were rife with sexual abuse and other violence.
Decatur, Ill., has been losing factory jobs for years. A training program at a local community college promises renewal and provides training for students from disenfranchised communities.
By working closely with industry, clean energy training programs are enjoying 100 percent placement rates.
Workforce development programs should address dual challenges: Supporting the economic mobility of workers while simultaneously meeting the skills needs of in-demand industries.
These programs align with core American values. Democrats shouldn’t be the only ones defending them.
The construction industry is short by nearly a half-million workers. More states could emulate Wisconsin's growing apprentice program.
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