Red Hook Schools Betting on Increased Trades Courses in the Face of AI Job Shifts

Ninth grader Hayden Stephenson knows what she wants from her education: “My No. 1 goal is to have a job that a robot can't take from me,” she said. Red Hook High School teachers Steve Hutman (right) and Dan Gall (left) are helping drive a surge in trades education, teaching woodworking, metalworking, and auto mechanics as pathways to careers educators say can’t be automated. (Photo by Claire Greenburger) At Red Hook High School, she’s working toward that goal in the school’s trades shop, where she’s learning woodworking and construction, skills she hopes will lead to a well-paying job—one that still...https://www.thedailycatch.org/articles/red-hook-schools-betting-on-increased-trades-courses-in-the-face-of-ai-job-shifts/