Word: basics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Anyone who has hired new employees or tried to retrain veteran ones is painfully aware of the problem. As much as a quarter of the American labor force -- anywhere from 20 million to 27 million adults -- lacks the basic reading, writing and math skills necessary to perform in today's increasingly complex job market. One out of every 4 teenagers drops out of high school, and of those who graduate, 1 out of every 4 has the equivalent of an eighth-grade education. How will they write, or even read, complicated production memos for robotized assembly lines? How will they...
...annual cost of $750,000, Aetna Life and Casualty teaches 500 employees basic reading, writing and arithmetic in its gleaming eight-story Institute for Corporate Education in Hartford. Since 1982 the General Motors Truck and Bus Group plant in Flint Township, Mich., has offered its 3,000 workers high school classes and one-on-one tutoring in a cluster of rooms overlooking the shop floor. The center has granted 14 high school diplomas...
...care center, but only if they are working or looking for work. Residents are expected to take care of their property, which means fixing broken toilets and sinks themselves. One member of each family must take six weeks of training in such subjects as personal budgeting, pest control and basic home repairs. A system of fines is imposed on residents who break the rules. "Being poor doesn't give you the right to be dirty or lazy," she says. Though the bylaws seem downright harsh, in six years only five families have been evicted for breaking them...
...image of God as a big, * amorphous friend." Kitchenware is also popular. "I am getting my daughter a set of plastic pots and pans and a little stove and sink, which I also had," says Hillary Adams, 30, mother of Natalie, 2. "But the best are the most solid, basic toys like her wooden blocks, which have enduring value through her different stages of development...
...decision to talk directly with the P.L.O. would have to be part of a broader reassessment of the U.S.'s Middle East policy. Certain principles should not change, most notably Washington's basic commitment to the security of Israel. But a crucial part of any sensible policy would be accepting the fact that, like it or not, the P.L.O. is the representative of the Palestinian people. If there is to be a peaceful resolution to the conflict, P.L.O. involvement is required...