Shorting trades

No this is not an article about stocks and investing. Here is a link to an article on the shortage of apprentices in the construction trades. Although the article is based in Seattle, I think the same holds true throughout the country. Education's shift away from offering trade-based education as well as other electives due to NCLB has helped create this shortage. Students whose strengths and interests lie in these areas then have fewer opportunities to excel, exacerbating the problem of disengagement. Schools can find ways to offer the electives, training staff to integrate the core academic areas into those electives to help students receive a great education.