Hundreds of thousands of students with disabilities should be getting trained for work through pre-employment transition services — but aren't

Officials at the U.S. Department of Education, which oversees vocational rehabilitation services and, by extension, pre-employment transition services, acknowledge that pre-ETS must be made available ... Read More

While many students aim for college, high-paying trade jobs sit empty. - NPR

But high school graduates have been so effectively encouraged to get a bachelor's that high-paid jobs requiring shorter and less expensive training are going unfilled. This affects those students ... Read More

College Students: School Is Not Your Job - The New York Times

College freshmen who just arrived on campus have heard, from parents and politicians alike, that college exists mainly for the sake of work. Colleges themselves tout their graduates’ employment ... Read More

‘Kids are going right into the workplace’: Schools ramp up for Micron and other tech jobs

– When the first 12 students graduated from Onondaga County Community College’s new electromechanical technology major this month, they all got jobs in their field. Read More

A $70,000 Salary, No College Debt: High-School Shop Students Attract Skilled-Trades Job Offers - WSJ - The Wall Street Journal

The High-School Juniors With $70,000-a-Year Job Offers Companies with shortages of skilled workers look to shop class to recruit future hires; ‘like I’m an athlete getting all this attention ... Read More