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1. Adopt the Japanese system of primary and secondary school open 12 months a year - no summer vacation (so that they can "help out on the farm"). The system does have some 2 week vacations throughout the year but no big gap in which students can forget what they learned and slide back over the summer.
2. Secondary schools become community learning centers with adult education - especially oriented to employment opportunities.
3. Huge expansion of nursing schools to alleviate shortages currently being made up by stripping third world countries of their trained medical personnel.
4. Sliding scale interest rates on student loans based on the default percentages at various institutions. More federal involvement in the loan process lowering interest rates and extending payment periods in appropriate cases, forgiving loans for public employment, and screening out some marginal institutions.
5. Better technical training at all levels.
6. Life preparation training in high school - how does insurance work, what is social security, how do you buy a house, what are your rights as a tenant, how does the tax system work, what do you have to do to start a corporation, how do you plan a family budget, what are the economic consequences of a divorce, etc. etc.
7. German system of partial unemployment in a downturn. ERs can reduce the hours of EEs and the EEs can receive partial unemployment insurance. This helps maintain skill set continuity and workforce loyalty.
2. Secondary schools become community learning centers with adult education - especially oriented to employment opportunities.
3. Huge expansion of nursing schools to alleviate shortages currently being made up by stripping third world countries of their trained medical personnel.
4. Sliding scale interest rates on student loans based on the default percentages at various institutions. More federal involvement in the loan process lowering interest rates and extending payment periods in appropriate cases, forgiving loans for public employment, and screening out some marginal institutions.
5. Better technical training at all levels.
6. Life preparation training in high school - how does insurance work, what is social security, how do you buy a house, what are your rights as a tenant, how does the tax system work, what do you have to do to start a corporation, how do you plan a family budget, what are the economic consequences of a divorce, etc. etc.
7. German system of partial unemployment in a downturn. ERs can reduce the hours of EEs and the EEs can receive partial unemployment insurance. This helps maintain skill set continuity and workforce loyalty.