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Education essential to Mississippi's economic growth.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 25-JUL-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Education essential to Mississippi's economic growth.(public education)

Article Excerpt
Momentum Mississippi and other economic development programs are essential for Mississippi being competitive with other states in attracting jobs. I ask Gov. Haley Barber and the Mississippi Legislature to realize that the education of our youth and young adults is even more important than developmental programs to our economic future.

I am not talking about a liberal arts education for every Mississippian, though that would be a lofty goal. I am talking about technical skills training and academic programs that reach a larger number of our youth and young adults.

Far too many of our young people fail to receive a high school education, and many are graduating who are not functionally literate and...

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