Idaho’s ’60 percent goal’ for education is missing mark

Just about everybody loves Idaho’s 60 percent goal — until achieving it requires sacrifice.

Since 2010, the State Board of Education has declared that 60 percent of Idaho’s youngest workers — ages 25-34 — should have some kind of post-secondary training by the year 2020. It could include a certificate, a two-year degree or a four-year degree.

It only makes sense. More than two-thirds of Idaho’s jobs will require that kind of additional schooling.

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