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Apprenticeships increase employment, earnings, and optimism in the technology sector

LaunchCode, an organization based in St. Louis, combined its education program with an apprenticeship program in an effort to create a more efficient and equitable transition to the labor market, as students learn new skills and then apply them with a local employer.

January 27, 2022 | Brookings Institution
To “build back better,” we must connect young people to jobs and education

As we approach our second summer shaped by the pandemic, we should take the Biden administration’s “build back better” as inspiration and think more broadly about summer youth employment programs as youth development opportunities and critical touchpoints in the lives of young people.

May 20, 2021 | Brookings Institution