Colorado apprenticeship program turns the factory floor into a classroom
Some high school students in Colorado may get prime jobs even before they get their diplomas. That's because CareerWise, the nation's first statewide youth apprenticeship program, links...
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MILES O'BRIEN: Next, we continue our series Rethinking College, with a look at the nation's first statewide youth apprenticeship program. As Hari Sreenivasan reports, it offers high school and college credit and pays students for their work. This story is part of our weekly education segment, Making the Grade. HARI SREENIVASAN: In Colorado, this factory floor may be the classroom of the future. MAN: This goes into that hopper, gets melted back into a liquid, as it goes through the machine. HARI SREENIVASAN: And these students may be hired for prime jobs before they even finish high school. Manufacturers like Intertech Plastics in Denver are facing critical shortages of skilled labor, and they want to teach teens how to work for them. NOEL GINSBURG, CE...
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MILES O'BRIEN: Next, we continue our series Rethinking College, with a look at the nation's first statewide youth apprenticeship program. As Hari Sreenivasan reports, it offers high school and college credit and pays students for their work. This story is part of our weekly education segment, Making the Grade. HARI SREENIVASAN: In Colorado, this factory floor may be the classroom of the future. MAN: This goes into that hopper, gets melted back into a liquid, as it goes through the machine. HARI SREENIVASAN: And these students may be hired for prime jobs before they even finish high school. Manufacturers like Intertech Plastics in Denver are facing critical shortages of skilled labor, and they want to teach teens how to work for them. NOEL GINSBURG, CE...
