Bring back High school skilled labor programs and have federal agencies and public shipyards create pathways to apprenticeship at local High schools prior to graduation. Training prior to graduation will accelerate workmanship competencies in areas such as welding, electrical, pipe fitting, preservation, etc.
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I agree with this. Our schools have almost completely abandoned skilled labor trades. We could easily grow culture of skilled tradecraft that would benefit the nation as well as individuals and families.
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this is a great idea, bring back shop class wood working and welding as well, these were great programs
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I love this. Why do we insist on generic, one-size-fits-all high school programs that are both insufficient for college preparation and devalue students whose skillsets are geared toward technical work?? Why, after 12 to 15 years in school, don’t students have valuable and marketable skills that qualify them for anything more than minimum wage? People talk about wanting college to be free. How about we stop failing our K-12 students first and see where we end up?
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This is one thing that Illinois has been strong in leading. Won’t give them much other compliments. Illinois’ Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs provide opportunities for students that are incredible. I personally am a licensed CTE Fire Service / Emergency Medical Technician instructor.
Junior and Senior HS Students attend 1/2 of their day learning skills to the vocation of their choice. The school were I instructed offered 16 vocations. Of the 100 students in my last 2 years instructing 45 are now full time firefighters or paramedics. I fully support this being mandated across the country.
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We had the Vo Tech school next to my high school and I took several classes over there for high school credit. One, Basic Health Occupations introduced us to different healthcare therapies. We were trained to be nurse aides and when I finished HS in Dec '73 had a job waiting at one of the local hospitals. Led me to an RN degree. All because of Vo Tech 
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I support this. My high school still has auto and wood shop, but they are lacking funding. I am a journeyman elevator mechanic for IUEC local 8. We are seeing the effects of schools not having shop classes or a clear path to the trades. High schools now just push college which is killing recruitment for skilled trades like mine.
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This already exists in many places. Also, education should be controlled on the local/state level and not by the federal government.
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I get thats what im trying to get the federal government to assist the states with. Do you have any ideas to make this work would you like to see it?
I could not agree more. This would be so great for American education
Other countries do this. They test kids at the beginning of high school. Some go on to apprentice roles in the trades or in Factories. Others start college prep.
Not every student and school should be a STEM school.
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Our educational systems should NOT be compulsory. They should be something so enticing to children that they look forward to going there to learn real life skills.
Educational systems should be a cooperative community effort. When teachers are trained through woke indoctrination centers and hired to brainwash children … that’s not good.
Adults who have a skill or trade to share with young people should share it, but the responsibility of education first begins at home.
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This is a great idea. My grandson does not want to go to college and if his school offered skilled labor classes he could see what he wants to do after graduation.
A great idea, but for the state level. Educational mandates by the federal government id not the answer.
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Better yet, make it available to everyone, not only those in high school. There are too many of us who have discovered we made the wrong career choice, probably because we thought we could make more money in some “classy” field, only to find we are unhappy and really not thriving like we hoped.
This is not the case in Texas. My son graduated in 23 with his welder’s certificate, but I believe all high schools should offer the same trade school-type programs to all students equally. We are a small district, so our kids don’t have access to all the same programs other schools in the same county have access to.
We also have it here however it’s seriously underfunded due to school board corruption. The teachers are the lowest of the low because they won’t allocate funds for a qualified instructor so we end up with Monumental consequences due to lack of adequate education. This has left a lot of trouble in the trades. Especially for adults who are in these programs. I am in a program right now. I have current experience in this matter It needs to be addressed immediately.
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My husband owns a construction company. You are absolutely correct!
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I’m an electrician in my 3rd year apprentice program. As an adult who was failed on education now & as a child. It’s frustrating as an adult because you want to learn. Instructors are not properly educated on how to instruct the new generation, Guess it fuck-it y’all will figure it out, what a bunch of nonsense.