Nick Beadle

Expert on American workforce development. Former Department of Labor workforce chief of staff.

$2.6 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, including new community-building money.

Jul 31, 2026

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8 min read

$2.6 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, including new community-building money.

Plus, a rage 'fetch' update.

Nick Beadle

THE MONEY

Rewiring taxes to keep humans employed, Workforce Pell, and an interesting Job Corps idea.

Jul 30, 2026

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8 min read

Rewiring taxes to keep humans employed, Workforce Pell, and an interesting Job Corps idea.

Plus, the GOP continues its weird relationship with one pot of Labor money.

Nick Beadle

Maybe workforce should think beyond 'scale.'

Jul 28, 2026

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5 min read

Maybe workforce should think beyond 'scale.'

The problem with growing without knowing where you're going.

Nick Beadle

$2.6 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, including new Commerce manufacturing funding.

Jul 24, 2026

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10 min read

$2.6 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, including new Commerce manufacturing funding.

Plus, an eye on what's likely coming soon.

Nick Beadle

Big leadership changes and a big punt from Congress raise questions about federal jobs policy.

Jul 23, 2026

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7 min read

Big leadership changes and a big punt from Congress raise questions about federal jobs policy.

Plus, a potential softening on Job Corps and a notable legal loss for Trump II.

Nick Beadle

Unlocking the job skills that are already there, with Third Sector's Joy Coates.

Jul 21, 2026

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10 min read

Unlocking the job skills that are already there, with Third Sector's Joy Coates.

'Live' from Horizons.

Nick Beadle

$3.5 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, including new HHS and state apprenticeship funding.

Jul 17, 2026

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9 min read

$3.5 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, including new HHS and state apprenticeship funding.

Plus, the deadlines tighten for HHS money.

Nick Beadle

THE MONEY

Acting Labor Secretary testimony clouds Trump's 1 million apprentices goal.

Jul 17, 2026

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5 min read

Acting Labor Secretary testimony clouds Trump's 1 million apprentices goal.

It might've been a mistake at Keith Sonderling's confirmation hearing. Still, it shows the fuzziness of where things stand.

Nick Beadle

THE MONEY

Burying the grants rule in paper, bad-looking apprenticeship numbers, and a Labor Secretary hearing.

Jul 16, 2026

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12 min read

Burying the grants rule in paper, bad-looking apprenticeship numbers, and a Labor Secretary hearing.

Plus, the MIA sector in DOL's pay-to-train awards, and there's a lot to unpack, again, in a new big-money DOL workforce grant.

Nick Beadle

Employers are looking for validation. Is it easier to find than we think?

Jul 14, 2026

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7 min read

Employers are looking for validation. Is it easier to find than we think?

Confirming skills is a roadblock to better ways of hiring. How can we fix it?

Nick Beadle

Grant listings.

Jul 10, 2026

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11 min read

$3.5 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, with a brand new DOL pay-to-train fund.

Plus, more workforce funding from around the federal government.

Nick Beadle

THE MONEY

Jul 9, 2026

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9 min read

Senate GOP pushback on the Trump grants rule and surprise extra apprenticeship money.

Plus, there's a lot to unpack in a new big-money DOL workforce grant.

Nick Beadle

Five questions about American jobs policy at the midpoint of 2026.

Jul 7, 2026

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8 min read

Five questions about American jobs policy at the midpoint of 2026.

The last six months have been a year. What happens next?

Nick Beadle

Grant listings.

$3.7 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, with new reskilling, safety, and health grants.

Jul 2, 2026

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11 min read

$3.7 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, with new reskilling, safety, and health grants.

Plus, more behavioral health training grants from HHS.

Nick Beadle

THE MONEY

More than $250 million in unannounced federal workforce awards.

Jul 1, 2026

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6 min read

More than $250 million in unannounced federal workforce awards.

Plus, the apprenticeship change that's surprisingly not final yet.

Nick Beadle

Exclusive

Who got $145 million to handle Trump II's big swing on apprenticeship?

Jun 30, 2026

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3 min read

Who got $145 million to handle Trump II's big swing on apprenticeship?

There likely will be some big feelings about one of the funds.

Nick Beadle

Grant listings.

$3.4 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, with new health and international funding.

Jun 26, 2026

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10 min read

$3.4 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, with new health and international funding.

Plus, California's back, y'all.

Nick Beadle

THE MONEY

Do we really need a new National Apprenticeship Act?

Jun 25, 2026

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8 min read

Do we really need a new National Apprenticeship Act?

Pushback on pay-to-train incentives, Congress, and setting the table ahead of a big week for Trump II's apprenticeship efforts.

Nick Beadle

Interviews

Silo bustin' in Colorado, with Alison Griffin.

Jun 23, 2026

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9 min read

Silo bustin' in Colorado, with Alison Griffin.

What does it take to actually bring education and workforce together?

Nick Beadle

Grant listings.

$3.9 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, with significant new private funding and healthcare training.

Jun 18, 2026

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12 min read

$3.9 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, with significant new private funding and healthcare training.

Plus, new money for researching inequality and a state grant connecting students to manufacturing.

Nick Beadle

THE MONEY

A promising AI workforce project, 'braiding' funding, and 'Cheesecake Factory Menu Grants.'

Jun 17, 2026

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9 min read

A promising AI workforce project, 'braiding' funding, and 'Cheesecake Factory Menu Grants.'

Plus, another potential red flag for the Trump Administration's big shift on federal grants.

Nick Beadle

Interviews

AI isn't a magic wand for work, with College Board's Sophia Romee.

Jun 16, 2026

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10 min read

AI isn't a magic wand for work, with College Board's Sophia Romee.

Helping employers and workers do the work to create the world to come.

Nick Beadle

Grant listings.

$4.1 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, including big new DOL grants for apprenticeship and rural workers.

Jun 12, 2026

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11 min read

$4.1 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, including big new DOL grants for apprenticeship and rural workers.

Plus, new mine safety money.

Nick Beadle

THE MONEY

The blindspots keeping current workforce policy from, you know, doing stuff.

Jun 11, 2026

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10 min read

The blindspots keeping current workforce policy from, you know, doing stuff.

House Republicans advance another annihilator bill for workforce. Plus, a couple of key returning DOL programs and their puzzling Trump II-installed limitations.

Nick Beadle

If it doesn't make sense, that's because it doesn't.

Jun 10, 2026

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6 min read

If it doesn't make sense, that's because it doesn't.

The lost plot in the current workforce conversations in Washington.

Nick Beadle

Nick Beadle

$2.6 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, including new community-building money.

Rewiring taxes to keep humans employed, Workforce Pell, and an interesting Job Corps idea.

Maybe workforce should think beyond 'scale.'

$2.6 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, including new Commerce manufacturing funding.

Big leadership changes and a big punt from Congress raise questions about federal jobs policy.

Unlocking the job skills that are already there, with Third Sector's Joy Coates.

$3.5 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, including new HHS and state apprenticeship funding.

Acting Labor Secretary testimony clouds Trump's 1 million apprentices goal.

Burying the grants rule in paper, bad-looking apprenticeship numbers, and a Labor Secretary hearing.

Employers are looking for validation. Is it easier to find than we think?

$3.5 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, with a brand new DOL pay-to-train fund.

Senate GOP pushback on the Trump grants rule and surprise extra apprenticeship money.

Five questions about American jobs policy at the midpoint of 2026.

$3.7 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, with new reskilling, safety, and health grants.

More than $250 million in unannounced federal workforce awards.

Who got $145 million to handle Trump II's big swing on apprenticeship?

$3.4 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, with new health and international funding.

Do we really need a new National Apprenticeship Act?

Silo bustin' in Colorado, with Alison Griffin.

$3.9 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, with significant new private funding and healthcare training.

A promising AI workforce project, 'braiding' funding, and 'Cheesecake Factory Menu Grants.'

AI isn't a magic wand for work, with College Board's Sophia Romee.

$4.1 billion in ed and workforce grants listings, including big new DOL grants for apprenticeship and rural workers.

The blindspots keeping current workforce policy from, you know, doing stuff.

If it doesn't make sense, that's because it doesn't.

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