Schools as Scapegoats.
The education system cannot be expected to solve the increasing economic inequality and competitiveness problems facing the U.S. The idea that education is a cure-all exaggerates the role of schools in the economy. Although adequate skills are a vital element of productivity growth, workforce ski...
| Publicado en: | American Prospect Vol. 18; no. 10; pp. 44 - 48 |
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American Prospect
October 2007
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| Sumario: | The education system cannot be expected to solve the increasing economic inequality and competitiveness problems facing the U.S. The idea that education is a cure-all exaggerates the role of schools in the economy. Although adequate skills are a vital element of productivity growth, workforce skills cannot determine how the wealth created by national productivity is distributed. That decision derives from policies over which schools have no influence. Constantly upgrading skills and education is vital for sustaining growth and for closing historic race and ethnic gaps, but it does not ensure economic success without policies that also reconnect pay with productivity growth. |
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