How to educate Americans for jobs? Ask the Germans, employers urge -Jon Marcus, Hechinger Report

The German model consists of a so-called dual system of education and training that combines a few days a week of classroom instruction at vocational schools with on-the-job apprenticeships that are designed to lead to full-time jobs for which graduates are ready straight out of school. The German students also receive a form of credential called a certification qualification. By comparison, routes to similar careers in the United States are convoluted and confusing, even as the need for workers to fill them escalates, a study by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development found. http://hechingerreport.org/content/educate-americans-jobs-ask-germans-employers-urge_15814/