{"id":1134,"date":"2009-11-05T10:40:42","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T14:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2009-11-05T10:40:42","modified_gmt":"2009-11-05T14:40:42","slug":"no-basic-skills-to-be-found-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1134","title":{"rendered":"No basic skills to be found in Florida?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rather than wait to dump this in one of my this-n-that posts, I thought this was important enough to mention on its own. The Consortium of Florida Education Foundations did a survey and are now holding meetings around the state to find out what the problems are in Florida education. A huge problem identified was that science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education isn’t up to par. From the story<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Mike Williams of Hamilton County explained to the career and technical education STEM group that students are not graduating with the necessary skills to go into the work force.<\/p>\n

“We have an older work force in my industry and a lot of those guys are looking to retire,” he said about the workers at his company in “blue-collar” jobs. “The problem we have is we can’t find people to replace them.”<\/p>\n

Williams said his company is looking for people who have basic-level skills, yet with three high schools in a 25-mile radius, he can’t find any.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Consortium of Florida Education Foundations’ website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rather than wait to dump this in one of my this-n-that posts, I thought this was important enough to mention on its own. 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