Sandra Pennecke at The Daily Press In Virginia reports on Hampton Roads experts who are saying Apprenticeships help disadvantaged Workers get into high-paying jobs while helping employers develop Employees and retain them longer.  “Apprenticeship is a phenomenal pathway into positive economic mobility and family-sustaining wages,” said Christina Brooks, who serves as Senior Director of Community Initiatives for the Hampton Roads Workforce Council.  Latitia McCane, who serves as Director of Education at Newport News Shipbuilding’s Apprentice School, said she has seen the power of Apprenticeships through several Apprentices leaving poverty for high-paying jobs.  “It changed the trajectory of their entire family,” McCane said.

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