Higher Education
High-paying jobs go begging while high school grads line up for bachelor’s degrees
Huge shortages loom in the skilled trades, which require less — and cheaper — training
Divided We Learn
For rural colleges, good vocational teachers are hard to find
A national shortage hits remote colleges often responsible for keeping their towns afloat
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Map to the Middle Class
What does it take to make it to today’s middle class?
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Higher Education
Workers are climbing wind turbines to the middle class
Community colleges — and at least one high school — are starting programs to train students for these in-demand occupations
Map to the Middle Class
Revamped and rigorous, career and technical education is ready to be taken seriously
How one New Hampshire school is preparing students in the face of a looming labor crisis
Map to the Middle Class
An Rx for poverty? A career in nursing
Most of the growing health-care occupations are low-wage, but nursing offers a robot-proof path to the middle class
Race and Equity
TEACHER VOICE: ‘As a young black male, I wish I’d had more teachers who looked like me’
Former student goes home to his Newark school to instruct others on perseverance, commitment, community service
Map to the Middle Class
Out of poverty, into the middle class
As automation disrupts the labor market and good middle-class jobs disappear, schools are struggling to equip students with future-proof skills
High School Reform
Using vocational education to teach academic courses
Debating whether kids need hands-on training or academic rigor misses the point; two schools embrace the idea that to thrive, students need both