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Mobility in US – More-educated people moving and less-educated staying
Between 2012 and 2013, more than 26.7 million people age 18 and over moved — 17.3 million of them to a different county. Those in their 20s and 30s with a college degree were most likely to move for job reasons and to move the farthest. In that period, people poured out of declining cities … Continue reading
Individual Character and Social Policy – Help people become more resilient, conscientious or prudent
Policies that ignore character and behavior have produced disappointing results. If you can’t help people become more resilient, conscientious or prudent, then all the cash transfers in the world will not produce permanent benefits. Nearly every parent on earth operates on the assumption that character matters a lot to the life outcomes of their children. … Continue reading
US – 1.3 million homeless students enrolled in public schools (all levels)
A growing number of students don’t have homes to return to once classes are out. Approximately 1.3 million students enrolled in U.S. public preschools, elementary schools, middle schools and high schools schools were homeless during the 2012-13 school year. That’s up 8% from the prior year, and the highest number on record, according to the … Continue reading
Tertiary-educated individuals are likely to earn twice as much as the median worker finds OECD (video)
Access to education continues to expand worldwide but the socio-economic divisions between tertiary-educated adults and the rest of society are growing. Governments must do more to ensure that everyone has the same opportunity to a good education early in life, according to a new OECD report. Education at a Glance 2014 says that educational mobility has … Continue reading
US – The education gap is a main reason for the growing income divide says Standard & Poor
Technological achievement has saved us time and reconfigured our daily routines, allowing us to focus on our own skills and boosting productivity and growth. These advances are naturally disruptive in the beginning as workers adjust; that disruption becomes alarming when people don’t have the means to adapt, making a lasting impact on career development. Although … Continue reading
Youth unemployment – Education not providing young people with appropriate skills says Pauline Rose
[Youth unemployment] main cause is that education systems are not providing young people withappropriate skills and this starts at the most basic level. Our 2012 report shows that there are 200m young people who weren’t even completing primary school. Our current report states that 175m young people can’t even read a single sentence, of those … Continue reading
Unemployment and Education in US – The more, the better
If you have a high school degree, you’re better off; if you’ve started some college, you’re doing better; and if you have a college degree, you’re doing the best of all. So, that’s the proof in the pudding: The more education you have, the better off you are. Now, on the other hand, one thing … Continue reading
US – The manufacturing workforce is aging rapidly report finds
The u.s. manufacturing workforce is aging rapidly, with half of the existing workforce only 10-15 years away from retirement. Yet,american manufacturing employers are struggling to build a pipeline of new workers. Some 600,000 positions are currently unfilled, and more than three million additional positions are due to open by 2020. Meanwhile, the youth unemployment rate remains … Continue reading
US – Low teacher pay is a problem finds the Center for American Progress
Low teacher pay is not news. Over the years, all sorts of observers have argued that skimpy teacher salaries keep highly qualified individuals out of the profession. One recent study found that a major difference between the education system in the United States and those in other nations with high-performing students is that the United … Continue reading
US – College degree or vocational education ?
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that only 27 percent of jobs in the U.S. economy currently require a college degree. By comparison, the U.S. Census Bureau reports that 47 percent of workers today have an associate degree or higher. The BLS projects that the proportion of jobs requiring a college degree will barely … Continue reading
Education in US – No more the great equalizer
Education was historically considered a great equalizer in American society, capable of lifting less advantaged children and improving their chances for success as adults. But a body of recently published scholarship suggests that the achievement gap between rich and poor children is widening, a development that threatens to dilute education’s leveling effects… One reason for … Continue reading
Skills Gap in Germany – Students snub vocational schools
Forget the strong euro or competition from Asia. German industry’s main concern today isn’t selling its products but finding the people to make them. The country’s 200-year-old two-tier education system, credited for building one of the most productive workforces on the planet, is sputtering as young Germans increasingly shun vocational schools—the gateway to manufacturing careers—for … Continue reading
US – Highly educated immigrants raise native wages
mmigrants to the US are drawn from both ends of the education spectrum. This column looks at the effect of highly educated immigrants – in particular, those with degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics – on total factor productivity growth. The authors find that foreign STEM workers can explain 30% to 60% of US … Continue reading
US – A study on the effects of military service on earnings and education
Estimating the effect of military service is complicated by the fact that veterans are likely to differ from nonveterans in ways that are correlated with subsequent economic outcomes but are not observable to the researcher. This report builds on earlier work to understand how military service affects earnings, especially how these effects differ by the … Continue reading
India – Every year 12 million young Indians will arrive in the job market: where are the jobs ?
I am constantly surprised at how often in conversations with thoughtful people this statistic is brought up: that, from now on for the next decade, every year 12 million young Indians will arrive in the job market. And this additional statistic is brought up too: that in the past few years, the organised sector in … Continue reading
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