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Noncredit workforce education can play an important role in responding to local labor market demands, while also connecting students to long-term educational opportunities and documenting outcomes in a meaningful way.

“Our commitment to STEM is a strategic and important investment, not only for the students but for the future of the state.”

"I was able to afford things I’d never been able to afford before," said the Oakcrest Elementary School teacher. "My children had never been on a vacation because I couldn’t afford one."

"We cannot prepare the ‘Technology Generation’ to be the innovators, leaders and entrepreneurs of the 21st century using chalk and blackboards. Classrooms for the Future will not only help boost achievement while students are still in high school, but also help prepare them for success in college and beyond, especially in fields that require advanced skills with computers and technology."

Promotes the exchange of ideas and methods on how best to effectively incorporate technology into the classroom.

"I’ve spent 15 years trying to convince companies that they needed to start schools to do this,"

The survey’s news is not all bad: It reveals enormous optimism among America’s youth–provided educators are savvy enough to change the way their schools teach.

Last week, two key US senators asked the nation’s 136 wealthiest colleges and universities for information on their tuition hikes, financial aid, and endowments. With those treasure chests rising rapidly, the lawmakers wonder if a college education can be made more affordable.

Community colleges might be the best resource that America needs to retrain the existing workforce as baby boomers retire.

"These books humanize science."