This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Trump signed an executive order to double the amount of funding for apprenticeship programs, up to nearly $200 million. The goal is, in Trump’s words, “training people to have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Apple CEO Tim Cook says his company has created 2 million jobs in the U.S., adding the tech giant was setting up a $1 billion fund to promote advanced manufacturing in the country. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women are deeply concerned about the issue of pay discrimination. Survey after survey indicates that unequal pay ranks at the top of women’s concerns about their work. To resolve the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The environmental and health benefits of phasing out some of the oldest, most polluting coal plants alone would justify the Clean Energy Development Plan. Compared to a business-as-usual future (95…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A few years ago, Seattle decided to increase its minimum wage from $9.47 to $15 per hour. Worker unions and activists applauded the move, and hoped to leverage the momentum on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) released a report claiming that E-Verify lowered unemployment rates in states that implemented it. FAIR’s report is deeply flawed. The first section of this blog…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What happens when a Seattle-based nonprofit and tech giant partner up? Seattle gets five new restaurants and cafes. The eateries, in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, provide training opportunities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women are clustered in the lowest-paying, lowest opportunity jobs in the economy. Few of these jobs offer access to career paths, so advancement is limited to small increments in weekly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On June 15, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Expanding Apprenticeships in America.” The title naturally elicited chuckles from the entertainment and education establishments because it was “The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. States invest in economic development to encourage job growth, increase wages, and raise the standard of living for their residents. State economic development efforts, however, typically encompass many programs administered…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS), which operated in Portland, Oregon in the mid to late 1990s, was a mandatory welfare-to work program for single-parent welfare recipients whose children were…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new short report from Advance CTE and the Education Strategy Group provides some valuable insights into how state policymakers are thinking about preparing high school students for work. But…