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The flawed claims helping drive calls to gut federal workforce spending.
Six years ago, a government watchdog claimed all workforce programs are a lot alike. It did some headscratching things to get there.
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The Workforce Annihilator Bill advances, new Job Corps developments, and $1.8 billion in grants listings.
Plus, a Harvard tech schools update and more bad news for a long-delayed grant announcement.
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Which state quietly got $35.8 million from the Trump Administration for apprenticeship?
I reveal $100 million in unannounced grant awards. Which is weird.
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The future of college, with Kathleen deLaski.
Plus, the House Appropriations Committee meets today on a bill gutting workforce.
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Five days for $15 million, WIOA reauthorization, and $1.9 billion in grants listings.
Plus, a new question about re-entry grants and WANTO watch.
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House Republicans' plan to cut American workforce funding in half.
What programs would go away, what programs get more money, and what I think happens next.
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Childcare is the biggest issue in workforce we can’t fix.
But we can damn well try when we're training people.
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So, where's the money?
Plus, $1.9 billion in grants listings.
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Utah has good workforce lessons. They may not be the ones you've heard about.
The false struggle between workforce and ‘welfare.’
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What Trump II will pay for, AI ain't doing hot, and $1.9 billion in grants listings.
Plus, there weren't any new federal grants for the first half of the week. That was kinda weird.
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Outsourcing helping employers… to employers.
The difference between listening to employers and hearing them, as demonstrated by the Trump workforce blueprint.
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The workforce implications of big changes in college sports.
A conversation with Extra Points’ Matt Brown about the changing economics of college sports and how they could change college.
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