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Pros And Cons Of The US Education System

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The United States education system has been blamed by businesses and economists for failing to help students acquire critical skills needed to make the transition from school to work. Critics argue that America’s emphasis on college preparation has isolated academics from vocational education and weakened the system in the ability to prepare high school graduates for the demands of employment (Corson and Silverberg,
1994). This argument continues today as the Center for American Progress (2006) reports that despite several decades of intensive efforts to improve educational outcomes, the
United States graduation rate in not keeping pace with the needs of business and industry.
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A 2006 report from the New Commission on The Skills
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