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The Apprenticeship Revival
6 Aug 2026
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The past 2025-26 school year was a milestone marker for the Badger State. For the first time ever, single-year youth apprenticeship participation soared past the 12,000-student mark — the most in the United States. That’s also a 7% increase over the previous year, which had been the state record.
Those Wisconsin youths contributed to what was also the fourth consecutive record-breaking year for the state’s overall apprenticeship initiative — comprising the Youth Apprenticeship (YA), Certified Pre-Apprenticeship and Registered Apprenticeship programs — which saw more than 18,500 total participants.
Of course, these types of programs aren’t new concepts. Apprenticeships not only predate the United States’ higher education institutions but the nation itself.
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