Despite His Full Plate With The Faltering U.S. Economy And The Horrible U.S. Foreign Policy - Obama Needs To Make Education A Top Priority - Now!
As folks wait with baited breath over who will be Secretary of State or Treasury Secretary, I am highly concerned about the department of education because as much as folks seems worried over the economy and foreign policy, I'm absolutely horrified at the state of education in the United States.
Education in America is in just as dilapidated and decaying shape as the U.S. economy and the two wars the United States is fighting and nobody is talking about. The U.S. educational system is in crisis and people are not connecting the right dots in my opinion. With the way the economy is going, you are really going to need a solid education in order to be employed and I mean more than a high school diploma.
If the retail sales industry, the auto industry, and the fast food industry suffer major layoffs and cutbacks, it's people with limited education that will be effected the most. And very few folks seem excited about joining the military these days and that is another employment bastion of the high school graduate. Many folks are going to need an undergraduate degree to get a gig and that is a problem if you don't have the correct preparation in K-12.
All these so-called "green" jobs are not going to be for people who are "greenhorns" in education and experience. The U.S. economy is going to rebound from the innovations and ideas of American citizens and for many folks that requires an education. Something that is becoming as difficult to attain as a good-paying job. Obama's Education Secretary will need to be a talented, smart, and passionate in order to make the necessary changes in American education.
Whom ever Obama picks to be his top education czar, they cannot come from Alaska. Looking at this little blog blurb on the state of education in Alaska, it's really no great wonder why Governor Sarah Palin speaks in complete gibberish and gobbledygook phrases.
