Thursday, February 5, 2009

From Las Vegas
Local businesses struggle with products of school district

EDITORIAL: Real world ramifications

http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/38589704.html


Local businesses struggle with products of school district

In the third installment of a series reporting results of a poll of nearly 70 Southern Nevada business owners and managers, published in Tuesday's Review-Journal, 43 percent of respondents said local schools and colleges are "not at all effective" in preparing students for the workplace.

A startling 0 percent -- not a one -- found the schools "very effective" at that task.

The largest plurality -- 37 percent -- said the solution is stricter accountability for teachers and administrators. Seventeen percent said the answer is greater focus on teaching hard skills for basic employment. Only a slim 9 percent said the answer was throwing more money at the schools as currently organized. {How is that for a built in biased statement - throwing more money}

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