
By Jennifer Craw
Strong vocational education and training systems in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany give students the skills they need to more easily transition into the workforce, resulting in a much better rate of youth in engaged in work and learning. Each of these countries has a lower rate of youth ages 15 to 29 not in employment, education or training (NEET) than does the U.S. Find out what a world-class vocational education system looks and how the U.S. can build one in the recently released book Vocational Education and Training for a Global Economy: Lessons from Four Countries, edited by Marc Tucker.