Baltimore's breadwinners need jobs [Commentary]
Government funded jobs would benefit the breadwinner, his or her children and the Baltimore. Work skills of the long-term unemployed would not atrophy, and those of all participants would increase. Their children would have a brighter future in school and life, and Baltimore would reduce some of its infrastructure and social service deficits. A training component, such as that contained in the apprenticeship model, should be part of each job so that people can achieve mastery in an occupation
By By Arnold Packer and Jodie Allen and Robert Lerman
Feb 17, 2014
