City Makers: American Futures
The people, organizations, and ideas reshaping the country. A journey piloted by James Fallows with Deborah Fallows.
Community colleges and career-technical schools
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More on the Public Role in Fostering Private Innovation
A few days ago I argued that the Maker Movement finally depends on the ingenuity and effort of private entrepreneurs…
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The Maker Movement: If Hamilton Were Around, He Would Be a Fan
The previous two installments in this series, “The Tools Revolution” and “Agility,” of course concentrated on…
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The Surprising Problem With U.S. Manufacturing: It's Creating Too Many Jobs
An ongoing theme of our reports from “career technical” schools—like this high school in Georgia and this community college in…
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Historic lumber mill / Wikimedia; Current Old Mill ... A Community College at the Center of an Oregon Recovery Story
When the lumber industry left, the region bet its future on technology—even though it lacked a research university.
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James Fallows Building for the Future, in California's Famously Failed City
The Los Angeles Times has a big, new demonstration of how bad things have gotten in the city of San Bernardino. Here’s a look at people doing their best, despite those odds.
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John Tierney When a Community College Transforms a City
Ohio State University may be the local titan, but Columbus State Community College has also become a formidable presence.
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Columbus Dispatch It Takes a Village—to Staff a Factory
"It indeed is an oasis, but the passion and commitment are replicable elsewhere." A Kenyan-born man working in Mississippi on some of the things the state has done right.
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East Mississippi Community College Raj Shaunak and the Economic Boom in Eastern Mississippi
It's one thing to draw high-skill, high-wage jobs to a place that has historically lacked opportunities. It's something else altogether to find people qualified to fill them. A local answer to a national question.
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Facebook photo A High School That Teaches Students to Fly, and Other Innovations in 'Career Technical' Education
"A lot of problem-solving skills grow out of the experience of doing things rather than thinking about things."
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James Fallows 'Career Technical' Education: More Middle in the Middle Class?
Training students for jobs that are less likely to be outsourced, de-skilled, or stuck at minimum wage.
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Career-Oriented Education vs. the Liberal Arts
Readers weigh in with compelling opinions on Maine Maritime Academy, liberal-arts colleges, and big questions.
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John Tierney Who Are You Calling a Vocational School? In Defense of Maine Maritime
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An Educational Surprise From Down East: The Maine Maritime Academy
How a school you've (probably) never heard of is preparing students for good jobs.
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John Tierney What Would an Ideal College Look Like? A Lot Like This
