关于education的英文资料

Now that the latest election cycle is over, it’s time we turn our attention to solving one of the nation’s most important and vexing problems: education. Nothing is more critical to America’s future. Our economic power is determined by many factors, but education is arguably the most important.

At the same time, our economy is becoming increasingly knowledge-based, creating new jobs based on the raw material of ideas and technical innovation. According to the National Association of Manufacturers, by 2010 there will be an estimated 5.3 million high-skill jobs available to qualified workers and 14 million more 10 years later.

Who will take these jobs and will they all be located in the United States? The prospects aren’t promising. Not when millions of American students are graduating from high school without basic reading, writing and math skills. Nor when roughly 25 percent of U.S. students drop out of school without the skills to succeed.

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