Idaho's "Build Our Future" Program Trains Low-Income, at-Risk Youth for Construction Jobs
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By Levy, Ken  Here's a win-win opportunity for youth looking to get into the construction trades and for contractors hungry for workers at a reasonable introductory salary. And it's all free. "Build our Future" is an Idaho Dept.
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A district confronts the shortage by recruiting teens to train.
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A strategy is launched to encourage teenagers in England to develop an enterprise culture.
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One school of thought would provide alternative development aid locally. The other focuses on prevention, rehabilitation, and treatment.
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Far from âan unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects,â a McJob in Britain can now result in a diploma, and a stepping stone to a better job or college.
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The stateâs voluntary public preschool program, which 70 percent of 4-year-olds attend, is one of the most serious attempts to deal with economic inequality anywhere in the country.
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The nation cannot afford to waste talent in an era when skills are in short supply.
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Cities are fighting for young professionals, a demographic group seen as key to an economic future.
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OTTAWA - Federal and provincial officials hope to lay the groundwork for a national early childhood education and child-care program when they meet in Ottawa on Tuesday.
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By Soule, Alexander  After coming up short in its bid for $15 million in federal grants a year ago, The Workplace Inc. last week received a $5 million commitment from the U.S. Department of Labor to create new workforce development programs in Connecticut's Fairfield County.
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The Education Department's Office of Migrant Education awarded a contract to PEC Solutions Inc. of Fairfax to help create a system for states to share information about children of migrant workers.
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LANCASTER, Pa. -- Bill Schulz flipped through a list of Army careers, carefully watching the reaction of Tim Mathis, the 19-year-old construction worker perched next to him. When the potential recruit shrugged in disinterest, Schulz quickly moved to the next job, pointing to those that had the...
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A group called Brooklyn Woods seeks to provide a more promising path to people who are chronically unemployed.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is starting a new program to help low-income students. Beginning next fall, students from families with income at-or-below federal poverty level
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By Joshua Palmer, The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho  Mar. 1--BOISE -- Idaho may soon receive the money it needs to increase math and science requirements, but educators say there will not be enough qualified instructors to teach the subjects.
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By Katy Moeller, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Dec.
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By VOLLWEILER, Elise  Twenty Waimate High School pupils are enjoying the opportunity to gain industry training through the Tertiary Education Commission's Gateway programme.