About 52 million adults — nearly half of the nation’s workforce — has only a high school education or less. And the U.S. Department of Labor is predicting a shortage of more than 35 million skilled and educated workers over the next 30 years. Investing in adult education is a matter of national necessity, yet almost every state in the country continues to treat it as an ad hoc responsibility, appropriating funds outside the main public and charter school per-pupil financing of our schools — except for one.
Can you guess which?
Read Scott Goldstein's blog post, "Funding Adult Education: An Urgent National Necessity," to find out: http://www.youngedprofessionals.org/1/post/2014/03/funding-adult-education-an-urgent-national-necessity.html
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