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Department of Labor Statistics and Related Issues in Science and
Math Education
Department of Labor Statistics
The American Electronics Association (AEA) defines high-tech workers as those versed in computers, photonics, software services, data processing and defense electronics.
High Tech workers earned 82 % more than other fields
60 % of new jobs will require skills possessed by only 22 % of young people entering the job market
Department of Labor Statistics
70 % of all jobs require technology
By the year 2010 all jobs will require technical skills
80 % of all new jobs do not exist yet.
In the year 2006 – 1.3 million high tech jobs were not filled
Issues and Trends in Science and Math EducationThe demand for high tech skills is expected to
doubleThese trends shed light on an old problem – the
inadequacy of our primary and secondary math and science education
According to N.S. F chairman James J. Duderstadt, “The most important factor affecting the long-term production of scientists is the tragic inadequacy of our primary and secondary science and math education program.” (p. 9 Radical Equations)
Forty percent of students taking freshman calculus in U.S. universities fail
Unemployment and wage estimates in the
U.S. The number of unemployed persons = 7.6 million
The unemployment rate was = 5.0 percent this April
Job losses totaled 240,000 in the first 3 months of the year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Where are the jobs?
Go to the following website for job categories;
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#b25-0000
Total employment =146.3 million
The employment population ratio is 62.7 %
Employment and wage estimates in the U.S. from
April 2008Part- time work increased by 306,000 to
5.2 million (This level was 849,000 higher than in April 2007)
Construction declined by 61,000 jobs (Since its peak in September 2006, construction employment has fallen by 457,000)
Manufacturing employment fell by 46,000 jobs in durable goods manufacturing
Employment in retail trade continued to trend down, with a decrease of 27,000 jobs
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
Where are the jobs?Employment and wage estimates in
the U.S. in April 2008Health care continued to increase to a gain
of 37,000 (365,000 jobs over the past 12 months)
22,000 jobs in ambulatory health care services
9,000 jobs in hospitals. Professional and technical services
employment rose by 27,000 jobs Computer systems design 10,000 jobs Accounting and bookkeeping services
edged up by 9,000. Employment in temporary help services
continued to trend down.
Where are the jobs?Employment and wage estimates in the U.S.
Food services 18,000 jobsColleges, Universities, and Professionals
180,670 jobs pay ranging from $74,590 Junior Colleges 81,750 jobs pay ranging from
$67,840 Science research and development 2,390
jobs pay ranging from $76,280 Other schools and instruction 1,220 jobs pay
ranging from $44,730 Business school and computer training 1,190
jobs pay ranging from $56,580
Prisons are the fastest growing public sectorPrisons grow enough each year to fill New York’s
Yankee stadiumA young man born this year has 1 out of 20 chance of
living some part of his life in jail If he is black his chances jump up to 1 out of 4The crime rate in teens is going up 1% each year
(oas.samhsa.gov) Washington D.C., attorneys Joseph B. Tulman and Mary
G. Hynes write, “in overwhelming percentages, they are poor children and they are children of color. Large percentages of children in the delinquency system and adults in the criminal system are severely undereducated, and literacy skills in these populations are strikingly low.” (p. 12 Radical Equations)
Math and Science literacy as a tool for liberation
Are we going to have a society where only a small group of people are prepared for the future, where there is a huge knowledge gap?
How does such a society stabilize itself?
Who does the Algebra project
target?
The key word here is you