vocational

Labor-market disruption: With 10 million unfilled U.S. jobs requiring specific skills, vocational training commands premium pricing.

These moves are part of a larger shift back to vocational education in the U.S., fueled by a desire among educators to get students started sooner on career paths that interest them.

In June, he completed a heating, ventilation and air conditioning certificate from a vocational school.

He set up 529 accounts, which have historically been used to pay for college, but today can be put to use outside of higher education, including elementary and secondary-school tuition and vocational training programs.

It has also funded university and vocational training for 41 of the children.