The News Sentinel, in its weekly series of community columnists on education, carried a piece from Mitch Steenrod, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Pilot Corp., who discussed raising the bar in academic preparedness for students.
He writes that the current market in East Tennessee hits the mark for some industries. But, he says that many of the higher wage providers are choosing other areas due to the available workforce. East Tennessee, he says, lacks an abundance of workers with the necessary skills to meet these companies' needs.
Steenrod finishes, "This retooling and re-engineering of the educational curriculum must begin and it must begin quickly. The bar must be raised in the educational high jump. We need to continually challenge our youth to set the next goal after accomplishing the immediate goal. We need to instill a learning environment that continually pushes for higher accomplishment."
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