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Monday, July 10, 2006

Economic Growth Favors the Educated


Wages are rising more than twice as fast for highly paid workers in the Washington area as they are for low-paid workers, an analysis of federal data by The Washington Post shows. . . . Businesspeople cite shifts in the world economy that give educated workers leverage to negotiate for higher wages but make low-paid workers replaceable — a disparity that is especially pronounced in a service economy like Washington's. (Washington Post, Monday)

From the people who brought you public education.

FEE Timely Classic
School and State: A Neat Solution to the Neatby Dispute by Daniel Hager