I've been saying this and talking about Germany's apprenticeships for years.
However, Jacoby cautions us that we can't hope to simply transplant Germany's system in the U.S. Why?
First, because we don't have the same system of strict academic tracking that Germany does from a young age. (Although there are second and third chances in Germany to get more or different education).
Second, because we don't have a state-funded system of vocational and higher education that Germany does. It all costs money, folks.
And third, because U.S. corporations don't have the same long-term view of developing "talent" (which, in the U.S., is supposed to come from nowhere). In Germany they know it costs time and money and yet they see the ultimate competitive value in it. Not so here.
Read on!
By Tamar Jacoby
October 16, 2014 | The Atlantic
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