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04599aam a22004338i 4500 001 EEAB60E4F70511E582760BA0DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160331010051 008 160127s2016 nyu 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015048810 020 $a 1627793283 : HRD 020 $a 9781627793285 : HRD 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a LC1045 $b .N49 2016 082 00 $a 370.1130973 $2 23 100 1 $a Newman, Katherine S., $d 1953- $e author. 245 10 $a Reskilling America : $b learning to labor in the twenty-first century / $c Katherine S. Newman, Hella Winston. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 1604 264 1 $a New York : $b Metropolitan Books, $c 2016. 300 $a pages cm 500 $a Includes index. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Vocational education $z United States. 650 0 $a Skilled labor $z United States. 650 0 $a Occupational training $z United States. 650 0 $a Manpower policy $z United States. 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations. $2 bisacsh 700 1 $a Winston, Hella, $e author. 941 $a 6 952 $l UVAX975 $d 20240215014025.0 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20230629013011.0 952 $l SIPD314 $d 20230201015120.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909041037.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508022030.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20161006024701.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EEAB60E4F70511E582760BA0DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search