tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post8354345040429276056..comments2023-11-03T04:00:24.785-04:00Comments on Kentucky School News and Commentary: New effort to make kids college-readyRichard Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-80701450213138152002012-01-02T12:17:12.694-05:002012-01-02T12:17:12.694-05:00With all due respect to university folks, we also ...With all due respect to university folks, we also need to look at market need in terms of stability. I see a lot of college educated folks looking for work associated with their education/degrees and at the same time note a consistent need for high skill trades folks (not nessesarily high tech oriented)who we need in order to serve us in our daily needs. HVAC, plumbing, electrician, automotive repair etc. are increasingly becoming both more needed and more financially lucrative to folks in our current work force. They can't be electronically out sourced to India or China, and they serve a very important role to the communities for whom they serve. <br /><br />Its unrealistic to think we are going to raise our sub 20% college graduate population to 80% in Kentucky just because of a new test, program or emphasis in communication of the message. We are currently sending a lot of folks to college but the colleges aren't keeping. Instead of engaging in a chicken - egg argument about who isn't doing their job for the student at the K-12 or college level, maybe we need to do a better job of getting these students to go down the track they are best suited for instead of trying in to push round pegs into square holes by whitling the ends or greasing the one hole we want more to conform.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com