Mismatch: Do Skills-Gap Stories Match the Facts?

Authors

  • Andrew Weaver

Abstract

Unity may be in short supply in America right now, but there is one topic on  which people from across the Political spectrum seem to agree: the nation faces a serious skills gap. From liberal mayors to conservative senators, from business leaders to professional educators, from conservative media to the pages of The New York Times, the message is clear: American workers don’t have the skills necessary to get good jobs and earn decent wages in  the twenty-first century.