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Yuma County Educators Plan for a Vocational School District

Arizona Edition - Yuma, Arizona has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country; preliminary numbers by the Bureau of Labor Statistics mark Yuma’s unemployment at twenty-7-point-1-percent.  In the past, some local experts have pointed to an un-skilled labor force as one of the reasons for the high number.  Recently Yuma County’s high school district governing boards came together to present what could be a partial solution: a plan to create a vocational school district in the county.   KAWC’s Maya Springhawk Robnett attended one of the planning meetings on a Yuma JTED Program…(originally aired 02/12/14).

This piece was featured in the February 12th Arizona Edition.  Other pieces featured in the show can be found below in the related content section.

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