Do you have someone in their early 20s graduating or recently graduated from college? Do you wonder how much that diploma will pay off in the job market? I do, which is why I found this chart interesting.
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Kids are Graduating!
Great news! We’re closing in on a 90% graduation rate. The National Center for Education Statics has reported that we’re at a never-before-reached 81% and climbing, with 90% quite attainable by 2020. Some states are already there. Read more about this in the article at Time.com.
I’m excited because of my belief that education is the cornerstone for building a healthy, vibrant society. Education parts the forbidding seas of lack of employment opportunities, ignorant discrimination, inequality, and poverty. It puts otherwise wasted brain-power and creativity to work in ways that benefit the whole society. It opens individual lives to the wonder of the world. Education can’t actually save our country or the world, but it’s certainly a giant step in that direction.