Editing School-to-work transition (section)

== Critics ==

"Back to basics" traditionalists observe that in Europe, apprenticeships typically mean that the worker essentially ends their formal education after age 16, and works full-time at reduced pay in exchange for learning "job skills" such as assembling automobiles. Some believe that it was better to have students who were not bound for college concentrate on career schools, while academic students should spend class time learning core academic subjects such as history or science rather than job-shadowing at a hospital or auto dealer. A student in North Dakota would have little opportunity to learn to be an auto designer, while one in Alabama would have little opportunity to do job shadowing at a major software company if job training were allocated according to local human resource needs, as many programs are structured. Local businesses also need to structure their operations to accommodate student workers, and transportation since typically schools are situated close to homes, and not businesses which are typically a car or transit commute away from homes.

The Michigan STW Initiative states "students work without pay for two to three hours each day" and "students are able to perform what might otherwise be hazardous order work." which would contradict child labor laws.<ref> [http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/1997/july97/mi_model.html Michigan Model of School to Work]</ref>  Data would be shared with state STW partnership network and local labor market areas which might be an invasion of privacy. The state would utilize the national industry-recognized skill certificates when developed, which would be the [[Certificate of Initial Mastery]].<ref>[https://careerhowtos.com/careerquestion-81.html Challenges Faced During a Career Transition]</ref> Critics call this a government-controlled passport to work. Michigan Rep. Harold J. Voorhees expressed concern that, with full implementation, a child would not be employed without this Certificate.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://americanpolicy.org/1999/03/29/school-to-work/|title=School-to-Work - American Policy Center|date=1999-03-29|work=American Policy Center|access-date=2018-05-19|language=en-US}}</ref>