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More than two dozen high schoolers in central Indiana are committing to a new two- to three-year paid apprenticeship program called the Modern Apprenticeship Program (MAP). It’s part of a nationally growing trend to give kids real-world career training and get them into the workforce.
The students will be placed at 16 companies around Indianapolis – several of them with the workforce groups who designed the program, including local workforce board EmployIndy. Starting their junior year, students will spend part of each week in the classroom and the rest at the workplace. Along the way, they can get high school and college credits.