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Small steps in the right direction?: restructuring public education


Abstract: When the term \\"knowledge-based economy\\" first entered popular discussion - sometime around the early 1980s - the focus was exclusively on scientific, technological, and business leadership. Only gradually did our society come to appreciate the pervasiveness of the knowledge-based economy. It affects not just the demand for high-level technical and entrepreneurial talent but, indeed, the job requirements for virtually all types of work. This growing realization has laid the foundation for broad-scale reforms of education in the United States and many other nations.

Keywords: Education;

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Part of Series: Annual Report

Publication Date: 2002

Pages: 6-25