Education vs. Tax Cuts
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Tension Mounts on Capitol Hill
(KCPW News) Governor Jon Huntsman Junior announced education as his top priority during his State of the State Speech last night - calling for an 18-percent increase in spending for public schools. And lawmakers say they agree that education should be tops. But the public education community is doubtful as KPCW's Julie Rose reports:
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1. dean said:
In the current period of robust economic growth, if anyone is noticing, we have a "skills" shortage, not just a "labor" shortage. The perceived value of our workforce to prospective high-paying employers continues to diminish, because they can't find the labor-skills matches they want. We need to direct funding toward the science/mathematics specialties, which "match" the demand for jobs in Professional/Scientific/Technical sectors. It doesn't happen overnight; sowing the seeds of K-12 and USTAR will get us there. Listening to businesses and their needs is a good start: www.utahbusiness.com/parser.php?nav=email_article&article_id=5286
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