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OPINION: Why we must invest in new, innovative workforce training to fill a skills gap

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Through 2029, growth in the IT sector is expected to rise 11 percent and add over half a million jobs to the U.S. Initiatives like these will help us boost skills-training efforts across the country and could help raise the profile of lesser-known, critical and in-demand jobs in the IT industry. Our shared future depends on it.

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‘We’re aides, not maids.’ How one high-demand job shows education system’s failings

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The need for home health aides is projected to grow by 34 percent between 2019 and 2029. The class, at the Opportunities Industrialization Center of D.C., And the need is expected to grow, up by 34 percent between 2019 and 2029 , according to the U.S. There’s a lot we can do with incentives through policy,” Uvin said.

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Can start-up companies profit off one of the lowest paid professions: home-based child care?

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To meet that goal they’d have to launch 100,000 new businesses per year from now until 2029. Stories like this are part of what makes businesses like Wonderschool exciting to Louise Stoney, a consultant and co-founder of the Alliance for Early Childhood Finance , which studies financial models for the child care industry.

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