Education
21 Stats and Facts – Women & the Workplace
Women have been beating the pants off the men for the better jobs. Here’s 21 stats and facts why women are better educated, getting married later (or not at…
8 Stats and Facts – High School Dropouts
Nearly one out of every four high school students dropout. The cost is high for the dropout, community, and business…
While Washington Fiddles, U.S. Dropouts Burn
What won’t end – and regrettably will get far worse due to budget cuts and falling revenues – is a high school dropout that is both discouraging and depressing…
The Rapid Growth of Online Education
When the internet first started to gain popularity with the general population in the 1990s, speculation ran rampant about all of the possibilities this exciting technology could deliver. Some visionaries…
Is Poor Job Retraining Responsible for High Unemployment?
It’s a difficult concept to grasp — that at a time of massive unemployment, good paying jobs remain unfilled…
Only 20 Percent of Workers Qualify for High Demand Jobs
Despite prolonged high unemployment, employers are struggling to find qualified skilled workers? How is this possible?
“Everyone has been caught flatfooted,” according to author/human capital expert Edward Gordon… “we…
Too many workers, not few skills
Despite high unemployment rates, the United States does not have enough people to fill the jobs that should be created and an oversupply of people to fill jobs that are…
Are all your employees as smart as a 5th Grader?
Are all your employees as smart as a 5th Grader? The anwer is sadly no when nearly 1 out of 7 working age adults can’t fill out a job…
Digital textbooks: Students and schools not on same page
For students headed back to school, digital textbooks must seem like they hit the jackpots. With textbook costs for one semester often exceeding a thousand dollars, buying bits surely has…
U.S. students failing the grade on world stage
Consider this information from research conducted by Achieve, Inc., a bipartisan, non-profit organization that helps states raise academic standards, improve assessments and strengthen accountability to prepare all young people…