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What if we could get millions of young people good jobs, free them from college debt, and give the economy a big boost? This episode\'s guests say we can do it \\u2014 if we just follow a proven model from Switzerland, now being tried and tested with promising results here in the United States.

It\'s an update of an ancient concept: apprenticeships. Students attend high school while also working and learning at a real job. Everyone benefits: young people, employers, schools, and the economy overall.

We\\u2019re learn about it from two experts:

Dr. Katie Caves is a post-doctoral researcher with the KOF Swiss Economic Institute at Switzerland\\u2019s Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich.

That\\u2019s like the Swiss version of MIT -- Albert Einstein studied and taught and there.

Katie grew up in the Bay Area of California.

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Vinz Koller is an expert on US workforce development policy and the Director of Training and Technical Assistance at Social Policy Research Associates in Oakland, California.

SPR "provides customized services in evaluation, organizational development, and facilitation and training."

Vinz grew up in Switzerland.

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Show links and files:

KOF Swiss Economic Institute:\\xa0

Social Policy Research Associates: www.spra.com

CApprenticeship2.0 LinkedIn group: www.linkedin.com/groups/13555551/profile

"Training for Growth" report on Colorado apprenticeships:\\xa0www.research-collection.ethz.ch/handle/20.500.11850/164859

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