Table of Contents

• Trades Education in the 21st Century by David Mertz
• Why the Trades Matter for Preservation: A Half-Century of Promoting Traditional Building Skills for Preservation by Lisa Sasser
• Trades Education and the Matrix: Academic, Vocational, and Experiential by Bryan Blundell
• Lessons for Introducing Young People to the Traditional Building and Preservation Arts by Morris Hylton III
• Putting Value Back Into Craft Education by Gerard C. J. Lynch
• Thoughts on Developing and Promoting Preservation Building Trades Training by David C. Overholt