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 . . ."
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What's this? A different source has this: Go figure!

 

Tracking Trump-O-Nomics in 7 Charts

President Donald Trump has set many specific and general goals for his administration's management of the economy, like raising growth to 3 percent and eliminating the country’s trade deficit. The charts below show how key indicators evolved during former President Obama’s second term, and how they are faring since Trump took office in January.

GDP growth

Source: Reuters

“We’re saying 3 (percent) ... There’s no reason we shouldn’t be able to get at some point into the future to 5 and above.”

Trump has pledged to deliver 3 percent annual growth in gross domestic product. The figures jump around a lot quarter to quarter. But absent a change in population demographics or productivity, many economists feel current annual trend growth in the U.S. is around 2 percent, which is roughly what it averaged through Obama’s last four years.

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Consumer Price Index

The U.S. has enjoyed tame inflation since the 1990s. Trump has not focused on the issue, but some economists worry that his combination of proposals, if enacted, could lead to faster rising prices. High inflation, particularly without rising wages, is often difficult for politicians blamed for the erosion in household purchasing power.

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NONFARM PAYROLLS AND UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

Trump has called the unemployment rate “one of the statistics that to me is just ridiculous,” because it does not account for people who are not looking for jobs. In the vast majority of cases, those people are retired, or doing something else like caring for family or studying in school. The unemployment rate remains a headline barometer of the labor market. It was healthy when Trump took over, as was monthly job growth.

Change in nonfarm payrolls

Unemployment rate

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TRADE DEFICIT

“The jobs and wealth have been stripped from our country. Year after year, decade after decade, trade deficit upon trade deficit.”

Trump and some members of his team see the trade deficit as inherently bad. Most economists disagree, but the administration has said the aim of its trade policy will be to lower or eliminate deficits with the U.S.’s trading partners.

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CHANGE IN MANUFACTURING JOBS

“We’ve lost close to 70,000 factories…70,000…You know, you look at a map of the United States – how many factories can you lose?”

Trump has equated American renewal with a rebound in manufacturing, and put trade policy at the center of efforts to make that happen. There is dispute among economists about the potential for manufacturing job growth, however. Even if manufacturing output grows, it is likely to involve fewer workers due to automation and better management.

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Prime Age Participation Rate

“We must honestly acknowledge the circumstances we inherited ... More than one in five people in their prime worker years are not working.”

When Trump took office about 81.5 percent of the country’s 25 to 54 year olds were in the labor force — either employed or looking for work. The figure has been rising, but is short of its late 90s high of 84.6 percent. This statistic, perhaps more than any other, speaks to Trump’s sense of what is wrong with the economy and how his success at fixing it can be assessed.

Source: Thomson Reuters
By Christine Chan and Howard Schneider | REUTERS GRAPHICS

COVERT OPS GONE WILD: American Made - Official Trailer [HD]

Published on Jun 5, 2017

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Guns. Drugs. Money laundering. Based on an unbelievable true story, watch the #AmericanMade trailer, in theaters September 29.

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In Universal Pictures’ American Made, Tom Cruise reunites with his Edge of Tomorrow director, Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Mr. and Mrs. Smith), in this international escapade based on the outrageous (and real) exploits of a hustler and pilot unexpectedly recruited by the CIA to run one of the biggest covert operations in U.S. history.

Based on a true story, American Made co-stars Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, E. Roger Mitchell, Jesse Plemons, Lola Kirke, Alejandro Edda, Benito Martinez, Caleb Landry Jones and Jayma Mays.

The film is produced by Imagine Entertainment’s Academy Award®-winning producer Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind), Cross Creek Pictures’ Brian Oliver (Black Swan) and Tyler Thompson (Everest), Quadrant Pictures’ Doug Davison (The Departed), and Kim Roth (Inside Man). Gary Spinelli wrote the screenplay.

WARNING ISSUED > Nate Plows Into Warm Waters Moving at 21 MPH

Published on Oct 6, 2017

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