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After decades of off-shoring and downsizing that have left blue collar workers obsolete, the United States is now on the verge of an industrial renaissance. We don't have a skilled labor pool to fill the positions that will be created, which are technically demanding and require specialized skills. A decades-long series of idealistic educational policies with the expressed goal of getting every student to go to college has left a generation of potential workers out of the system. Touted as a progressive, egalitarian institution providing opportunity even to those with the greatest need, the American secondary school system has deepened existing inequalities.Acclaimed sociologists Katherine Newman and Hella Winston argue we can do better. Taking a page from the successful experience of countries like Germany and Austria, they call for a radical reevaluation of the idea of vocational training. The United States can prepare a high performance labor force if we revamp our school system to value industry apprenticeship and technical education. By doing so, we will not only be able to meet the growing demand for skilled employees in dozens of sectors-we will make the American Dream accessible to all.
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Callie Beaulieu has been an actress for several decades. Classically trained, she is predominantly a theater actress, and her work has been seen around the country. Callie recently returned to the U.S. after spending nearly a decade living in the Caribbean. She is a proud member of Actors Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA.
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“What a great and timely book! As the opportunity gap rises to the top of our national agenda, this compelling account of ‘on-ramps’ for the millions of young people left behind by the simplistic ‘college for all’ mantra is must reading for civic leaders and activists across the country. Newman and Winston combine irrefutable statistical and qualitative evidence to show exactly what needs to be done in vocational and technical education, apprenticeship programs, and community colleges to ensure rewarding careers and lives for all our kids.”
―Robert D. Putnam, author of Bowling Alone and Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis
“Vocational education―if done right, if reconceived―is not a relic of the past but the hope of the future. The reskilling described here may be the only way to save so many of our kids. Newman and Winston get it―and this very important book gets it across. It’s the very thing John Dewey would be telling us but Newman and Winston have done it just as well. Now we have the program. The rest is up to us.”
―Thomas Geoghegan, author of Only One Thing Can Save Us
“Reskilling America argues persuasively for seriously reexamining our ‘college for all’ approach and placing greater emphasis on vocational programs to prepare students, especially students from disadvantaged backgrounds, for middle-skilled jobs. In this election year Newman and Winston’s insightful and provocative book is a must-read, especially for presidential candidates and policymakers.”
―William Julius Wilson, author of More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City
“Katherine Newman and Hella Winston have crafted a unique guide to understanding America’s struggle with vocational training. A much-needed book in the twenty-first century, Reskilling America exceptionally lays the foundation for a better America.”
―Wes Moore, Founder and CEO of BridgeEdU and author of The Other Wes Moore
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- PublisherHighBridge Audio
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1622319869
- ISBN 13 9781622319862
- BindingAudio CD
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