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Thursday’s essay, “The Importance of Public Education,” is the first of a number of essays that relate to education. That I write essays on education is easily understood since I spent close to 48 years involved in public education as either a student or teacher.

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Thursday's And Then Some Essay preview
What is the Importance of Public Education?
by Richard L. Weaver II

Excerpt:
The public education system must respond with innovative strategies and environments that help boys and girls, because the consequences of these conditions are serious. The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that 60% of the new jobs being created in our economy today will require technological literacy, yet only 22% of the young people entering the job market now actually possess those skills. By 2010, all jobs will require some form of technological literacy, and 80% of those jobs haven’t even been created yet. Students must be prepared for a world that even we ourselves cannot completely anticipate. If students do not know how to learn, and if they do not have a desire to learn, adaptation to and flexibility within a new, uncertain environment tomorrow is unlikely.
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