How Job Training for US Students Can Get Better 4 hours ago Share share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:08:08 0:00 Pop-out player Monica Bentley is the administrator for Edison Academy in the American state of Virginia. The academy helps students learn about things like computer security, car repair, hair and beauty care and supervising a professional kitchen. Bentley has many years of experience helping students learn about careers. But she recently had trouble persuading one student — her daughter — to try out a job training class at the academy. “She didn’t want to travel,” Bentley said of her daughter, whose main school is about 30 minutes away from the career training center. “I wasn’t going to make her do it, but I think it would have been a great opportunity.”