Education in its broadest sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind,character,or physical ability of an individual (e.g.,the consciousness of an infant is educated by its environment through its interaction with its environment); and in its technical sense education is the process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge,values,and skills from one generation to another through institutions.
The true lesson of the new labor market is this:For many of the skilled jobs in the new economy,
what students really need is to acquire good work habits and solid high school-level skills.But,
employers argue that they cannot trust that the high school diploma certifies knowledge of these high
school-level skills.As a result,employers report using college degrees to signal that applicants
possess high school skills.
If,instead,the high schools provided trusted signals of high school
competencies,the pressure to send all students to college could diminish.And let’s not forget that
high schools can do a lot to help their non-college bound youth find productive jobs and lead
fulfilling lives. Education in its broadest sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind,character,or physical ability of an individual (e.g.,the consciousness of an infant is educated by its environment through its interaction with its environment); and in its technical sense education is the process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge,values,and skills from one generation to another through institutions.
The true lesson of the new labor market is this:For many of the skilled jobs in the new economy,
what students really need is to acquire good work habits and solid high school-level skills.But,
employers argue that they cannot trust that the high school diploma certifies knowledge of these high
school-level skills.As a result,employers report using college degrees to signal that applicants
possess high school skills.
If,instead,the high schools provided trusted signals of high school
competencies,the pressure to send all students to college could diminish.And let’s not forget that
high schools can do a lot to help their non-college bound youth find productive jobs and lead
fulfilling lives.