Preparing America To Succeed
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There is no denying that millions of American jobs have been lost to outsourcing. It is a fact, yet it tells only half the story.
Instead of turning back the clock to late 20th-century America, we need to fix what's broken by preparing students and workers to succeed in a global, digital economic era. We do that by revitalizing school curricula with a more futuristic and global bent. We do that by creating a more equitable and effective national workforce training and retraining effort. The bottom line: Education and retraining must move up on the U.S.'s priority list--with the public, academic, non-profit and business sectors all working together.
David Abney
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