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What Kind of High School Job Training is the 'Right' Kind?

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For decades California public high schools have offered job training classes for graduation credits. One of those classes sends students to work for free at a retail store like Sears, Best Buy, or Home Depot. The course is still around despite efforts by education officials to make career education more academic. And that has sparked a debate about how to give students who may not be going to college the job skills they'll need after they get their diploma.

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