"Vocational education funding in US at risk" July 10, 2011|By Motoko Rich, New York Times
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Despite a competitive economy in which success increasingly depends on obtaining a college degree, one in four students in this country does not even finish high school in the usual four years....
Now, federal funding to provide such vocational and technical education is at risk. President Obama has instead made it a priority to raise overall academic standards and college graduation rates, and aims to shrink the small amount of federal spending for vocational training in public high schools and community colleges....
Did the wars see a cut in funds?
The administration has proposed a 20-percent reduction in its fiscal 2012 budget for career and technical education, to a little more than $1 billion, even as it seeks to increase overall education funding by 11 percent.
The only real alternative to public schools for career training is profit-making colleges and trade schools, many of which have been criticized for sending students deeply into debt without improving their job prospects....
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Without high school, much less college, many young people - particularly men and members of minority groups - end up doing low-skill work, relying on their youth and brawn. Those types of jobs were slashed during the downturn....
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You sure that WAS NOT the POINT?
