Sunday, July 22, 2007

Seventy-seven million baby boomers will leave workforce in the next 10 years.

Seventy-seven million baby boomers will begin to leave the workforce over the next 10 years.

Who will take their place?

There is ample evidence, documented in detail in our new state-by-state report card on educational effectiveness, that too many of our nation’s schools and students are unprepared for the demands of the 21st century’s knowledge-based economy.

Report by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Center for American Progress addresses a looming educational crisis that—if not addressed promptly and effectively—risks undermining the economic prosperity of future generations of Americans.

read the report here

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