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Why do you pay workers?

Oct 21, 2025

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8 min read

Why do you pay workers?

I swear I'm going somewhere with this.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
WIOA's future, most Americans don't have good jobs, and $52 billion in grants listings.
LockSimple

Oct 17, 2025

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22 min read

WIOA's future, most Americans don't have good jobs, and $52 billion in grants listings.

Plus, the grim-and-gritty stage of the shutdown and your questions about Workforce Pell and IRAPs 2.0.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
How should we talk about workforce investment? With Rachel Lipson.

Oct 14, 2025

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14 min read

How should we talk about workforce investment? With Rachel Lipson.

A conversation about the ways we pitch workforce programs.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
Getting funding in a crazypants environment, shutdown worries, and $52 billion in grants listings.
LockSimple

Oct 10, 2025

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20 min read

Getting funding in a crazypants environment, shutdown worries, and $52 billion in grants listings.

Plus, more evidence to aim higher on AI jobs policy and what to do with D.C.'s workforce after federal layoffs.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
The skills-versus-education debate that misses what we're missing.

Oct 7, 2025

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9 min read

The skills-versus-education debate that misses what we're missing.

Why are we choosing?

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
Firing everybody, $56 million from... somewhere, and $52 billion in grants listings.
LockSimple

Oct 3, 2025

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21 min read

Firing everybody, $56 million from... somewhere, and $52 billion in grants listings.

Plus, SCSEP gets unfrozen, H-1B's workforce funding impact, and closing the loop on that five-day competition.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
There's too much leading from behind on AI and workforce.

Sep 30, 2025

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12 min read

There's too much leading from behind on AI and workforce.

Here's what we should be doing instead.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
Fuzzy apprenticeship math, shutdown countdown, and $52 billion in grants listings.
LockSimple

Sep 26, 2025

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23 min read

Fuzzy apprenticeship math, shutdown countdown, and $52 billion in grants listings.

Plus, the Trump Administration wants something in return on a key workforce grant and DOL (finally) announces $25 million in apprenticeship projects.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
It’s a weird time for apprenticeship. Can states help fix it?

Sep 23, 2025

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11 min read

It’s a weird time for apprenticeship. Can states help fix it?

At best, federal stats suggest the current situation is kind of a mess.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
Which agency told applicants they're not making awards? And $51.9 billion in grants listings.
LockSimple

Sep 19, 2025

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22 min read

Which agency told applicants they're not making awards? And $51.9 billion in grants listings.

Plus, Congress lines up to punt, the real fed job cuts kick in, and thoughts on what might really happen to the missing workforce money. Other than not getting spent.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
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