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Getting Kids Into Unfilled and Good-Paying Blue Collar Jobs Will Require a Cultural Shift

Published: May 21, 2018
Experts testifying before Congress don’t typically start by describing the insights they’ve gained from backed-up toilets. But when reality TV star Mike Rowe appeared before the Senate committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in 2011, he detailed two incidents involving malfunctioning commodes. Read the full story on the Dallas Morning News.

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