Your Opinion: Education, training keys to economic growth

Source: tiftongazette.c Posted By: Mark A..5409 days ago

The Great Recession is reaping a bitter harvest of job losses and deep budget cuts throughout Georgia’s public education and training system. Although federal stimulus dollars are providing some temporary relief, more than $1 billion in state funding has been slashed from Georgia’s K-12 and post-secondary education budgets.

Budget shortfalls have forced educational leaders to institute furloughs and/or lay-offs. “Non-essential” classes in music and foreign languages are disappearing. Sadly,

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