| All of us are experiencing the impact of the current | | | | 2. Education supports innovation. The importance of |
| economic implosion to some extent. Cut backs are | | | | schools and studying in today's economy is vital |
| being made at every level, from families trying to | | | | because it will take the contributions of a skilled and |
| manage on tighter budgets and companies downsizing | | | | knowledgeable workforce, supplied by this nation's |
| to governments locally and federally looking for areas | | | | universities and technical and trade schools, to |
| to cut the 'pork'. However, there is one area where | | | | revitalize the economy. Innovations in alternate fuels |
| we simply cannot afford to cut corners in this | | | | and life-saving medical techniques are just a couple of |
| economy, and that is on education. The importance of | | | | instances where education plays a huge role in |
| schools and studying in today's economy is critical, and | | | | supplying the talent needed. Now is not the time to |
| we must not compromise on our children's' futures in | | | | sacrifice and compromise on funding schools. |
| order to cut costs. In this article, we'll discuss the top | | | | 3. College Cost vs. Benefits. With the costs of a |
| reasons why education is crucial in today's economy: | | | | college education rising just as families are feeling the |
| 1. It is extremely important for maintaining our nation's | | | | financial crunch and struggling to stay afloat, it is |
| Lead Role in Education. There was a time when | | | | tempting to think that higher education is a luxury we |
| America led the world in nearly every category among | | | | just can't afford. But the truth is, a college or trained |
| civilized nations. America was at the forefront in | | | | technical or occupational education has never been |
| healthcare provision, per capita income, and excellence | | | | more crucial. In the competitive marketplace we're |
| of education. Our capitalist, democratic society | | | | experiencing, those with the best skills and top |
| supported the supposition that everyone is created | | | | credentials will still be able to carve out a living and a |
| equal and deserves an equal opportunity to succeed in | | | | place in the market. Those who lack education and |
| life. In terms of education, the results were apparent in | | | | training may find themselves counted in the growing |
| standardized tests scores achieved by the nation's | | | | numbers who are jobless and without hope. |
| children, and in high rates of literacy and high school | | | | In conclusion, don't let anyone argue against the |
| graduation. The American system of free and public | | | | importance of schools and studying in today's |
| education exemplified all that this nation stood for. | | | | economy. From our current president's tales of being |
| However, statistics show that this nation has been | | | | awakened as a young child at dawn by his mother |
| slipping in terms of educational success, with increasing | | | | each morning to study for the school day ahead, an |
| drop out rates and lower standardized test scores | | | | important lesson can be learned. Education is still our |
| compared to other nations. It is tempting to consider | | | | best hope, and in our lifetimes, most of us have never |
| cuts in education as a means of reducing the federal | | | | been in a situation where hope was so desperately |
| deficit. Yet this would be completely counterproductive | | | | needed. |
| to repairing what is broken in the marketplace today. | | | | |