The Ontario ombudsman reports that apprenticeship programs in that province have a low completion rate.
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Is it a better guarantee of success if people go to trade school?

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A couple recent stories highlight how trade schools offer hope to people, perhaps especially at “times like these.”
The Food Network reality show “The Chef Jeff Project” recently featured former crack dealer Alonzo Adams. Adams won a scholarship to the International Culinary School, after completing the show. Chef Jeff himself did time, ten years for various [...]

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Nice blog entry.
Honestly I mean that!

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A trade school in Chicago (not represented on Trade School World) is being investigated for misleading students “about job placement and hands-on experience.”
the story is here.

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Tough times call for tough people to make tough decisions – such as taking on a second career. Or maybe pursuing the one you always wanted. So says CNN.

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So this is the time of year when high school seniors and their parents are filling out applications for colleges and universities. So my question to everyone of them is, how are you going to afford it? Seriously? I know that I was once a young kid applying for university because I thought – as [...]

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The deadline for applications is December 1st.
Find out more.

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Well, we at the trade up have to link when Mike Holmes gives our local trade school /community college a passing grade. Read more.

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We’re building a library of links to portraits of women in the skilled trades. Here’s the Michigan Citizen’s portrait of Erin.

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November 3rd to 7th is a week set aside to honour skilled trades, with special events in cities and towns across Canada.
The launch will be held November 3rd in Ottawa at Les Jardins de la Cité, Pavillon H, La Cité Collégiale, in Ottawa. Students from the Ottawa area are invited to join Annie Beauregard, a [...]

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