Reviews data on massive youth unemployment in the United States and looks at youth training in Germany and Japan. Proposes a national program that would create large numbers of youth trainee positions in the public and private sectors, and would include vocational training and counseling at the high school level. (ML)

A 1991 study tour to Germany, Denmark, and Sweden investigated youth education and training policies, systems, methods of financing, and programs. Concerns were integration of academic and practical skills training, assessment of student competencies for employment, expectations and outcomes of employment preparation for all youth, and system…

Germany's Dual System, which consists of in-school and in-enterprise components, facilitates entry into 374 recognized technical, white-collar and blue-collar occupations listed in training regulations that are grounded in legislation. The Dual System's origins and development in Germany were examined along with several attempts to replicate the…