Analysis of our economy an what we need to do

I had the good fortune of hearing Diane Swonk at a recent conference. She's referenced in this article that I think is very telling of our economy. The article offers some suggestions on what we need to do. In short, we have to have a tough conversation with ourselves about how we're going to prepare our 21st century workforce so we can keep jobs in America since we're now competing in a global marketplace. We need to examine long-term change and not short-term platitudes. Middle class jobs for unskilled workers are going to continue to shrink. Not only are we losing unskilled and low-skill jobs to overseas, our education system is falling behind some of the same overseas economies too, putting us behind in new unskilled and skilled jobs. Schools, community leaders and most importantly, parents, have to re-prioritize education and how it is delivered. Please take a few minutes to read: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101216/bs_nm/us_usa_economy_special