We feel that giving High School students more relevant working experiences through apprenticeship programs would be an effective way to increase opportunities for young people and create a better future workforce.
Why is this important?
More and more Americans are having serious trouble affording a college education every day, while more and more college professors are finding students woefully unprepared on basic academic and life skills, and while many employers are discounting applicants without a college education and often still complaining that people fresh from college don't have the skills they need. All of these stresses could be lessened by enhancing our current K-12 programs, including teaching students important job skills that can easily be learned by experience. Give high school grads a fighting chance in the job market by allowing them to graduate with real world experience and skills that prepare them to begin working in a trade as soon as they graduate.
