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The Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME) is a classic apprenticeship program that combines classroom learning with paid on-the-job experience, teaching skills in demand across an industry. A new report by Opportunity America president Tamar Jacoby and Brookings Institution senior fellow emeritus Ron Haskins draws on focus groups, an online survey and data from the state of Kentucky to shed light on the program and its outcomes for apprentices. Data show that FAME graduates in Kentucky earn between 60 percent and 100 percent more than other career and technical education graduates from the same community colleges. The message for policymakers: earn-and-learn training works, and the nation should redouble its efforts to take the model to scale.

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OTHER ARTICLES AND PODCASTS

A model for American manufacturing education WorkingNation, 10-19-20
Postsecondary education and training are vital to mobility WorkingNation Work in Progress podcast, 10-20-20
Study confirms FAME’s dramatic impact on manufacturing jobs One Toyota, 1-4-21