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Can Ed's toothpaste go back in the tube?

Feb 24, 2026

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17 min read

Can Ed's toothpaste go back in the tube?

A lot is riding on the Education-DOL merger, which is far from permanent in its construction.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
$65 million for starting up Workforce Pell, how to market apprenticeship, and $7.5 billion in grants listings.
LockSimple

Feb 19, 2026

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24 min read

$65 million for starting up Workforce Pell, how to market apprenticeship, and $7.5 billion in grants listings.

Plus, DOL publishes a useful new AI framework and a new-old workforce bill in the Senate.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
The Robots vs. The Teens, with Tallo CEO Allison Danielsen.

Feb 18, 2026

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16 min read

The Robots vs. The Teens, with Tallo CEO Allison Danielsen.

How do you build education for young people that leads to jobs and better lives in the age of AI?

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
Untangling Trump II’s big apprenticeship competition.
LockSimple

Feb 17, 2026

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10 min read

Untangling Trump II’s big apprenticeship competition.

The $145 million has a few more strings than workforce organizations might have hoped.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
What's next for workforce on the Hill, what's up with DOL's apprenticeship money, and $7.3 billion in grants listings.
LockSimple

Feb 12, 2026

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22 min read

What's next for workforce on the Hill, what's up with DOL's apprenticeship money, and $7.3 billion in grants listings.

Plus, public-sector skills-first hiring and now there are two scandals that could impact federal workforce dollars.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
Getting through Workforce Pell's state freakout stage.

Feb 10, 2026

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9 min read

Getting through Workforce Pell's state freakout stage.

States are getting anxious about how much Workforce Pell puts on them. How should they plan ahead?

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
Congress doesn't break workforce funding, apprenticeship weirdness (again), and $7.3 billion in grants listings.
LockSimple

Feb 5, 2026

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17 min read

Congress doesn't break workforce funding, apprenticeship weirdness (again), and $7.3 billion in grants listings.

Plus, the latest on the Labor Secretary scandal.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
Big employers' prove-it moment on workforce.

Feb 4, 2026

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17 min read

Big employers' prove-it moment on workforce.

Trump II is spending big on pay-to-train incentives that seem to answer a lot of employer gripes about workforce spending. Will big employers live up to their side of the bargain?

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
Apprenticeship's big weird week, shutdown angst, and $7.3 billion in grants listings.
LockSimple

Jan 29, 2026

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21 min read

Apprenticeship's big weird week, shutdown angst, and $7.3 billion in grants listings.

Plus, a little detail that could have a big impact in DOL's manufacturing apprenticeship fund, a Senate race to watch, and the workforce money to keep an eye out for this spring.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
We need whole answers, not half measures, in jobs policy.

Jan 28, 2026

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7 min read

We need whole answers, not half measures, in jobs policy.

Where I think things stand after a year of JOBS THAT WORK.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
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