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Reskilling America: How Technical Education Can Transform Our Society - Newman, Katherine S, and Winston, Hella
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Taking a page from the successful experience of countries like Germany and Austria, where youth unemployment is a mere 7 percent, acclaimed sociologists Katherine Newman and Hella Winston call for a radical reevaluation of the idea of vocational training, long discredited as an instrument of tracking. They argue that the United States can prepare a new, high-performance labour force if they revamp the school system to value industry apprenticeship and rigorous technical education. And by doing so, meet the growing demand ...

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Reskilling America: How Technical Education Can Transform Our Society 2017, Picador USA, New York

ISBN-13: 9781250148292

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