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The reality is that apprenticeships in the U.S. defy any sweeping pronouncements of this kind, and to understand why, we need to look at what differentiates apprenticeships here from apprenticeships ...

A century ago, the trauma of war and pandemic gave rise to the frivolous but culturally important Roaring Twenties. In the dumbed-down 21 st century, pandemic and war have produced Netflix’s Is It ...

This week, the nation is celebrating National Apprenticeship Week. However, unlike the fanfare around “Back to School” or “Teacher Appreciation Week,” our local school has been silent in its elevation ...

Joey Cook was 17 and a junior in high school when he heard about a way to learn a profession while getting paid: by landing an apprenticeship, a path into the workforce that everyone was suddenly ...