President Barack Obama has proclaimed this week, November 1 though November 7, as National Apprenticeship Week. States the President, “during National Apprenticeship Week, we recognize the ways apprenticeships foster innovation and prosperity, and we recommit to encouraging and supporting those who offer and partake in them.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholaswyman/2015/11/04/how-apprenticeship-will-save-the-american-economy/