SOUTHERN OREGON TOWN HALL: Education and the Economy
Education and the Economy
A town hall program on the particular challenges posed to education and job-training by the current national/international economic crisis. The program will include a panel of six education professionals and an audience of interested parties responding to audience questions and videotaped comments from a variety of students and trainees. It is hoped the discussion will generate a robust in-studio and online discussion. The panel will feature our two area college presidents, Dr. Mary Cullinan of Southern Oregon University and Dr Peter Angstadt of Rogue Community College and will be produced and hosted by veteran producer Jeff Golden.
Grant funding for this program has been awarded to Southern Oregon Public Television from the Center for Media Engagement to see community conversations generated about economy and education. The Center for Media Engagement is sponsored by The Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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It is difficult to understand why our school curriculums are so unrelated to the challenges young people face entering the field of work and why the education curiculum is still so abstract compared to the real-time skills required to compete successfully in the job market.
On 66 & 67, I wish these people on these PBS debates would talk about performance value and returns on issues. I have no problem helping with taxes, even if I'm on unemployment. My concern is the way the money is spent on things that don't work. Look at the grades of our kids compared to school systems in the rest of the world. We have some of the worst ratings in the world in the US. I think if we dig into any of the areas this money is being spent we would all be shocked on what we're really getting for our money, no matter who's paying.