Listening to NPR again on the way home from the gym this morning and another story related to education. John Ydstie's report, Why Some Men Earn Less Than They Did 40 Years Ago, basically talks about how blue collar working men earn less now than in 1973, in part because they have the same level of education as they had back then - no college, just high school diploma.
What startled me was the statistic that just over 30% of men attend college. Really? That's pretty low, and surprising to me with all the push you hear for college readiness. I may have to find actual research and data related to this...
Anyway, interesting story - yet more evidence we need to change something about WHAT we teach in our educational system.
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