How To Prevent An Illiterate Workforce – Today the US denies education to illegal immigrants, and in 20 years more workers will be illiterate.
Posted on: February 16th, 2007“US workers may be significantly less literate in 2030 than they are today.
The reason: Most baby boomers will be retiring and a large wave of less-educated immigrants will be moving into the workforce. This downward shift in reading and math skills suggests a huge challenge for educators and policymakers in the future, according to a new report from the Educational Testing Service ETS.
If they cant reverse the trend, then it could spell trouble for a large swath of the labor force, widen an already large skill gap, and shrink the middle class.”
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