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Building jobs in the Rust Belt: The role of education

  • Written by Dana Mitra, Professor of Education Theory and Policy, Pennsylvania State University
imageJob shadowing is one way that students can understand career options in their Rust Belt communities.U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / flickr, CC BY-SA

When my father-in-law struggled in school in a mill town along the Ohio River, his parents suggested that he head across the bridge and work in the steel mill. It was a path that once created stable...

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