Inland Area Experiencing Push For Job-Oriented Education

The Riverside (CA) Press Enterprise (10/31) reports, "The shift to a knowledge-based economy has cast a spotlight on the lack of an adequately prepared workforce in the Inland area and beyond - and the education system that should be grooming it." According to the Enterprise, the area's low high school graduation and college completion rates is pushing companies and educators to devise real-world training programs and instructional methods aimed at the "restructuring of the entire educational system." The Enterprise cites educators who claim improving the level of education of the region's students is directly linked to improving its economy.