Becoming an apprentice is a time-honored tradition in many industries. Apprenticeships give entry-level novices hands-on experience and the unique opportunity to work under someone who has mastered ...

Without the influence of an open-minded career counselor, Austin Boop’s life would look completely different today. Once an unmotivated high schooler—“a bit of a lazy student,” in his own words—Boop ...

Earn-and-learn work-based education through apprenticeships is a promising and growing pathway to good jobs and other opportunities. To be successful, any effort to expand apprenticeship programs will ...

David Donaldson gets animated when telling the story of his mother, who worked in a school cafeteria and taught Sunday school for over two decades, but never felt she could afford to pursue her dream ...

States have been leading the way in developing strategies to prepare more workers for employment through apprenticeship. As postsecondary education or training has become more essential for economic ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Naarai Navarro lived a double life as a Denver high school student and a claims-agent-in-training at Pinnacol Assurance, the Denver-based workers’ ...

The Trump administration has defunded a program designed to help states and districts create and sustain teacher-apprenticeship models—a new and increasingly popular way to address educator shortages ...

In health care, financial services, software development — even law — apprenticeships are offering an alternative to paying college tuition. Tyler Holdener at LaunchCode, a nonprofit organization that ...

Lawmakers should expand apprenticeship opportunities to give young Americans access to well-paying, middle-class jobs that do not require a four-year degree. An apprentice works at a British ...