The education system should emphasize work skills / Ray Marshall & Marc Tucker -- The education system should not emphasize work skills / Peter Shaw -- A German-style apprenticeship program would be effective / Wilfried Prewo -- A German-style apprenticeship program may not be effective /...

Acknowledgments -- Foreword / John Fallon, CEO, Pearson -- Preface -- The context -- How did we get here? a history of education and training in the united states -- Organization for economic cooperation and development (oecd) better skills, better jobs, better lives -- Educational providers --...