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Author:
Newman, Katherine S., 1953- author.
Title:
Reskilling America : learning to labor in the twenty-first century / Katherine S. Newman, Hella Winston.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Metropolitan Books,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
pages cm
Subject:
Vocational education--United States.
Skilled labor--United States.
Occupational training--United States.
Manpower policy--United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations.
Other Authors:
Winston, Hella, author.
Notes:
Includes index.
Summary:
"From Katherine Newman, award-winning author of No Shame in My Game, and sociologist Hella Winston, a sharp and irrefutable call to reenergize this nation's long-neglected system of vocational trainingAfter decades of off-shoring and downsizing that haveleft blue collar workers obsolete and stranded, the United States is now on the verge of an industrial renaissance. But we don't have a skilled enough labor pool to fill the positions that will be created, which are in many cases technically demanding andrequire specialized skills. A decades-long series of idealistic educational policies with the expressed goal of getting every student to go to college has left a generation of potential workers out of the system. Touted as a progressive, egalitarian institution providing opportunity even to those with the greatest need, the American secondary school system has in fact deepened existing inequalities. We can do better, argue acclaimed sociologists Katherine Newman and Hella Winston. Taking a page from thesuccessful experience of countries like Germany and Austria, where youth unemployment is a mere 7%, they call for a radical reevaluation of the idea of vocational training, long discredited as an instrument of tracking. The United States can prepare a new, high-performance labor force if we revamp our school system to value industry apprenticeship and rigorous technical education. By doing so, we will not only be able to meet the growing demand for skilled employees in dozens of sectors where employers decry the absence of well trained workers -- we will make the American Dream accessible to all"-- Provided by publisher.
"After decades of off-shoring and downsizing that have left blue collar workers obsolete and stranded, the United States is now on the verge of an industrial renaissance. But we don't have a skilled enough labor pool to fill the positions that will be created, which are in many cases technically demanding and require specialized skills. A decades-long series of idealistic educational policies with the expressed goal of getting every student to go to college has left a generation of potential workers out of the system. Touted as a progressive, egalitarian institution providing opportunity even to those with the greatest need, the American secondary school system has in fact deepened existing inequalities. We can do better, argue acclaimed sociologists Katherine Newman and Hella Winston. Taking a page from the successful experience of countries like Germany and Austria, where youth unemployment is a mere 7%, they call for a radical reevaluation of the idea of vocational training, long discredited as an instrument of tracking. The United States can prepare a new, high-performance labor force if we revamp our school system to value industry apprenticeship and rigorous technical education. By doing so, we will not only be able to meet the growing demand for skilled employees in dozens of sectors where employers decry the absence of well trained workers -- we will make the American Dream accessible to all"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1627793283 : HRD
9781627793285 : HRD
LCCN:
2015048810
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)
FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)
SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)
CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)
UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)

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