Education
Education is the key to our competitiveness in the global economy. At a time when unemployment remains a national challenge, it is a peculiar and distressing paradox that so many jobs are available and unfilled because employees cannot be found with the knowledge and skills those jobs require.
We urgently need a strong and committed partnership among parents, teachers, community leaders, unions and employers. Fortunately, the efforts and initiatives of the current Administration's Education Department have been successful but there is more that can be done to encourage students to graduate from high school, provide training to people of all ages who want to acquire the skills demanded in our modern economy, and to make college affordable to students in a way that does not burden them with debt for decades after they earn their degrees.
Education is the key to our competitiveness in the global economy. At a time when unemployment remains a national challenge, it is a peculiar and distressing paradox that so many jobs are available and unfilled because employees cannot be found with the knowledge and skills those jobs require.
We urgently need a strong and committed partnership among parents, teachers, community leaders, unions and employers. Fortunately, the efforts and initiatives of the current Administration's Education Department have been successful but there is more that can be done to encourage students to graduate from high school, provide training to people of all ages who want to acquire the skills demanded in our modern economy, and to make college affordable to students in a way that does not burden them with debt for decades after they earn their degrees.