Comments on: The Problem with Job Training in the District http://dcentric.wamu.org/2012/01/the-problem-with-job-training-in-the-district/ Race, Class, The District. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://dcentric.wamu.org/2012/01/the-problem-with-job-training-in-the-district/#comment-1175 Anonymous Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:29:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=13490#comment-1175 Knowledge is the only instrument of production that is not subject to diminishing returns. An interesting research article called High Speed Universities is the solution to stop your job hunt. Search for it online. Knowledge is the only instrument of production that is not subject to diminishing returns. An interesting research article called High Speed Universities is the solution to stop your job hunt. Search for it online.

]]> By: raymond bell http://dcentric.wamu.org/2012/01/the-problem-with-job-training-in-the-district/#comment-1172 raymond bell Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:05:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=13490#comment-1172 Great article, happy to see some light shed on the issue.  You should contact the the HOPE Project aka "Harvard of the Hood", www.hopeprojectdc.org. Innovative program with excellent results. Great article, happy to see some light shed on the issue.  You should contact the the HOPE Project aka “Harvard of the Hood”, http://www.hopeprojectdc.org. Innovative program with excellent results.

]]> By: oboe http://dcentric.wamu.org/2012/01/the-problem-with-job-training-in-the-district/#comment-1170 oboe Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:07:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=13490#comment-1170 The issue is this:  in the area where unemployment is 25%, the problems go far beyond simple job training.  It's deeply entrenched multi-generational poverty.  It's having absolutely zero working role models.  It's a total lack of *soft* skills--like being polite, or arriving to work on time--not hard skills like "how to use a circular saw." The way you solve the 25% unemployment rate is by dispersing concentrated poverty.  You do that by aggressively giving out Section 8 housing vouchers, shutting down the projects, and increasing the amount of support for poor parents.  Give them real jobs, and pay 100% of child care costs. The issue is this:  in the area where unemployment is 25%, the problems go far beyond simple job training.  It’s deeply entrenched multi-generational poverty.  It’s having absolutely zero working role models.  It’s a total lack of *soft* skills–like being polite, or arriving to work on time–not hard skills like “how to use a circular saw.”

The way you solve the 25% unemployment rate is by dispersing concentrated poverty.  You do that by aggressively giving out Section 8 housing vouchers, shutting down the projects, and increasing the amount of support for poor parents.  Give them real jobs, and pay 100% of child care costs.

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