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Every once in a while, I uncover very good editorial commentary from relatively small paper. Here's a good example. This editorial comes from the News Advance in Lynchburg, Virginia. The editorial explores the importance of workforce development to future economic development.
Chancellor Glenn DuBois, the chief of the Virginia Community College System, was in Lynchburg last week with a stark message the public needs to hear: Education levels determine success or failure on the global stage, and right now, America is perilously close to failure....
According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an international group based in Paris, the United States holds dubious distinction among its 30 member-states, the leading economies of the developed world. OECD statistics show that the U.S. is the only nation where older citizens, ages 45 to 54, are more educated than citizens of ages 25 to 34. (The OECD, for purposes of this 2007 study, examined the differences in college attainment of associate’s degrees and higher between younger and older workers.)
You can download the OECD report from this page.
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