Going Back To School? No > First Fix Systemic Failures In Education

Too bad there's not a Money-Back Guarantee that can be applied to the dismal dysfunction of Arizona's publicly-funded education bureaucracy - it's failing K-12 students for basic 3 R's achievement, failing in learning life-skills, and failing in workforce development that jeopardizes economic development.

How low can we go to the bottom of national rankings by throwing more money at the same bureaucracy that created the problem? We'll just create another bureaucracy to deal with students who need "remediation" when they can't even read and write when somehow they get admitted to "higher education" . . .
What's the matter with that, folks? 

Even in community colleges we get this:

Too poor for college

March 27, 2017 by Joanne

Millions of Americans start college, but never finish a degree. Why not? Poor preparation and too many competing responsibilities, conclude Michael Lawrence Collins and Joel Vargas.

"Close to two-thirds of community college students work to support themselves and their families while in school, and they may be facing homelessness and hunger. Many are single parents, and more than 1/3 are the first in their families to attend college.

National LISC published this online

Going Back to School to Get Back to Work

Chris Walker 10.05.2017

Developing the right skills to compete in growing employment sectors is critical to families and to local economies.
But what really works to build up long-term financial stability? LISC’s Chris Walker takes a look at the outcomes of research on workforce development programs—especially those that bundle education, training and placement with a broader array of financial counseling—and finds compelling evidence for how to help low-wage workers move past employment barriers and into new opportunities.". . . In one way or another, we are constantly sharpening our skills and building new capabilities. Many of us are lucky to have mentoring and continuing education programs to support that growth. They help us open new doors, both personally and professionally.
I wish the same were true for unemployed and underemployed workers.
Half the American workforce earns less than $15 an hour, and more than 75 percent of low-wage workers lack the technical skills they need for better paying jobs. But there are too few resources to help them develop their talents. Indeed, it seems as if the national narrative around creating good jobs is disconnected from the reality of preparing people to take advantage of them.
We have seen this in our research at LISC . . ."
READ MORE > Source from this feed > http://www.lisc.org/our-stories 
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What's this? A different source has this: Go figure!