Many Americans make a living through skilled labor, but these jobs are often looked down upon by the elite. To help overcome the skills gap and scarcity of jobs in rural America, educators and communities should promote skilled labor and certification programs...
Like a lot of states, Virginia's economic opportunity and prosperity are not evenly spread. In areas like Northern Virginia and Richmond, there are lots of professional opportunities and they are growing. But even in those areas and more acutely in other parts of the Commonwealth, we need to do a better job of training for skilled hourly-wage jobs, and also in creating them.
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