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I also think we could subsidize a few years of on the job training. It can be difficult for trade schools to keep up with industry. A year of trade school for
by jay_kyburz 5y ago
I also think we could subsidize a few years of on the job training. It can be difficult for trade schools to keep up with industry.
A year of trade school for some very general health and safety / common sense / anything they missed in high school, then into the workplace to learn from people actually doing the job.
- vmception 5y agoThe apprenticeship model in Germany does both things you mentioned, and to a greater extent. Even for trades we would consider highly skilled labor like office jobs on an executive path. It's pretty unique that the US has the resources for these advances that developed nations have and simply doesn't do them. Part of it is the insular nature of where policy inspiration comes from, it has to be seen as a homegrown original idea, which hampers consensus making because examples of it working elsewhere also aren't accepted.