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saved bySarah Hanawald on 2008-04-29

  • Ignorance in the United States is not just bliss, it’s widespread.
  • I mean our high schools — even when they’re working as designed — cannot teach all our students what they need to know today.”

  • The wide disparity in the literacy and math skills of both the school-age and adult populations. These skills, which play such a tremendous role in the lives of individuals and families, vary widely across racial, ethnic and socioeconomic groups.

    • The “seismic changes” in the U.S. economy that have resulted from globalization, technological advances, shifts in the relationship of labor and capital, and other developments.

    • Sweeping demographic changes. By 2030, the U.S. population is expected to reach 360 million. That population will be older and substantially more diverse, with immigration having a big impact on both the population as a whole and the work force.

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