Despite car manufacturer Ford offering mechanics a whopping $120,000 per year, the company has thousands of open jobs it can’t fill. And it’s not just Ford – talk to any company which relies on skilled labor, and you will hear the same story. The culprit: education. And not the type of education you might think of, as in: lack of trade schools, etc. No, it’s much simpler: kids can’t do math anymore!
“Workers who struggle to read grade-level text cannot read complicated technical manuals or diagnostic instructions. If they can’t handle middle-school math they can’t program high-tech machines or robotics, or operate the automated equipment found in modern factories and repair shops.” […] America has good jobs, writes Pondiscio. “It lacks a K–12 system capable of preparing students to seize them.”
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