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Map to the Middle Class

The Map to the Middle Class is a project that will explore what it takes to get to the middle class in an evolving economy
The story of work is one of deepening economic polarization. Good jobs are disappearing for people with only a high-school diploma, while wage and employment gains increasingly accrue to people with higher education. In this series, we’ll explore how trends such as automation could reshape the types of jobs that are available. And we’ll find out how schools can help young people prepare for a landscape where middle-class life is increasingly out of reach.

Garret Morgan is training as an ironworker near Seattle, and already has a job that pays him $50,000 a year.
Posted inNews

High-paying jobs go begging while high school grads line up for bachelor’s degrees

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus April 23, 2018April 8, 2021
The United States Capitol. A House bill to revamp the Higher Education Act has moved out of committee for debate, while the Senate is still discussing reform ideas in committee.
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: To succeed in tomorrow’s workforce, today’s students need equity-driven policy

Jose Luis CruzMichelle Asha Cooper by José Luis Cruz and Michelle Asha Cooper April 17, 2018April 8, 2021
Posted inNews

For-profit colleges lose when two-year colleges offer B.A. degrees

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay April 16, 2018April 8, 2021
Sarat Atobajeun started as an apprentice with Zurich Insurance last August. She said she appreciates the stability of the job and the diversity of the tasks she’s learning.
Posted inNews

Are apprenticeships the new on-ramp to good jobs?

Avatar photo by Caroline Preston April 15, 2018April 8, 2021
Laquon Jackson receives help from his Introduction to the Health Care Professions instructor, Elizabeth Dalianis.
Posted inElementary to High School

An Rx for poverty? A career in nursing

Avatar photo by Caroline Preston April 15, 2018April 1, 2021
Wind turbines on private working ranch land near Kevin, Montana.
Posted inNews

Workers are climbing wind turbines to the middle class

Avatar photo by Sarah Garland April 14, 2018April 8, 2021
Posted inElementary to High School

Revamped and rigorous, career and technical education is ready to be taken seriously

Avatar photo by Sarah Gonser April 13, 2018March 30, 2020
In an effort to get more girls at Red Bank to participate in the cybersecurity challenge, teacher Mandy Galante, center, recruited girls from nontech classes, including a dozen from a creative writing class. “We want to get the girls who never even thought of doing this,” she said.
Posted inNews

Jobs in cybersecurity are exploding: Why are women locked out?

Avatar photo by Sarah Gonser April 13, 2018March 30, 2020
The sun rises over Branch Street in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Posted inNews

Out of poverty, into the middle class

Avatar photo by Sarah Gonser April 12, 2018April 1, 2021
Posted inColumnists

Who benefits from research on racial disparities?

Avatar photo by Andre Perry March 27, 2018March 30, 2020

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