Obama: “INVEST IN EDUCATION, JOB TRAINING” – LAUSD: “ELIMINATE ADULT ED”

Posted By Joanne Jacobs - Community College Spotlight | http://bit.ly/AAQTwA

February 28, 2012 @ 6:15  ::  States should spend more on education ^[1], President Obama said at the National Governors Association luncheon. ”The countries who out-educate us today will out-compete us tomorrow.”

President Obama is a “snob” ^[2] for pushing the college-for-all message, said GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum last week. (Remember “egghead?”) Not everyone wants or needs college, said Santorum, who complained of indoctrination by liberal academics.

In his speech Monday, Obama stressed workforce training at community colleges.

“The jobs of the future are increasingly going to those with more than a high school degree.  And I have to make a point here.  When I speak about higher education we’re not just talking about a four-year degree.  We’re talking about somebody going to a community college and getting trained for that manufacturing job that now is requiring somebody walking through the door, handling a million-dollar piece of equipment.

The president also urged states to mandate school attendance through age 18.

“I think that we all realize that everybody’s not going to be headed to college, that we have to have … community colleges and good job training,” said Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, after the luncheon.

“We want someone to be career ready or college ready,” said Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia. “If we haven’t done one of those two things for the young people, we’ve failed you. You don’t have access to the American dream.”