In My Opinion.
Read opinion pieces by National Skills Coalition and our partners that are moving a national skills agenda in the States and in DC.
2012
Workforce training is good business | BusinessWest, 01.31.20122011
Northwest Wisconsin making strides in workforce development | Ashland Current, 08.17.2011
Where New York's jobs will be | Albany Times Union, 04.11.2011
Federal training cuts have long-term cost | Livingston Daily, 04.03.2011
Educational Investment: We ignore it at our own risk | Industry Today, 03.30.2011
Baltimore is making strides in work force development | Baltimore Sun, 03.24.2011
Congress loses interest in helping the unemployed | Connecticut Post, 03.23.2011
Don’t slash workforce training | Worcester Telegram, 03.23.2011
Save workforce development funding | The Huffington Post, 03.21.2011
Cutting job training defies logic | Press Republican, 03.20.2011
Now is not the time for Congress to make job-training cuts | The News Tribune, 03.10.2011
The wrong time for cuts to workforce training | The Oregonian, 03.04.2011
Cutting workforce investment shortsighted in these times | The Register-Guard, 02.25.2011
2010
‘Sensible’ act vital to spread of jobs | Bangor Daily News, 12.12.2010
Congress should pass bill to counteract skill gaps | Rochester Business Journal, 12.03.2010
President's Message: Skills Matter | Kellso-Longview Business Connection, 12.01.2010
How upgrading workers' skills can create new jobs | Crosscut.com, 11.15.2010
Middle-skill jobs make up 55 percent of Indiana's workforce | Fort Wayne News Sentinel, 11.12.2010
Skills, the Recession and a Tale of Two Economies | Surdna, 09.19.2010
How much is a college degree worth? | Washington Post, 09.15.2010
Training for jobs still essential for employment | Des Moines Register, 08.10.2010
Time, skill needed to fix economy | Boston Herald, 08.08.2010
New York Times article misses benefits of job training benefits | Huffington Post, 07.29.2010
We're ready to hire, but there's a shortage of workers with the right skills | Pioneer Press, 07.24.2010
Matching skills to jobs | Baltimore Sun, 03.04.2010
'If you've got a trade, you've got it made' | LA Times, 01.13.2010
2009
Community-college funding well-spent | Columbus Dispatch, 01.02.2010
State must focus on ‘middle-skill’ training | Springfield State Journal Register, 12.20.2009
Smart path to economic recovery - invest in skills | San Francisco Chronicle, 11.15.2009
Ohio must invest in adult learners and the institutions that serve them | Cleveland.com, 6.29.2009
Middle skill occupations poised for growth | Chicago Business Ledger, 6.10.2009
Community colleges and the economic recovery | Cleveland Plain Dealer, 5.12.2009
The smart choice on energy | Sun Journal, ME, 5.10.2009
Targeting training to jobs | Vindy.com, OH, 4.19.2009
State's growth depends on prepared workers | Indy Star, 3.16.2009
Training key to local stimulus package | The Register-Guard, 2.01.2009
Shortage of 'middle-skill' workers is still looming | New Hampshire Business Review, 1.16.2009
Minnesota manufacturers need more workers with more skills | St. Paul Pioneer Press, 1.14.2009
Create jobs now, build skills for the future | The Huffington Post, 1.13.2009
An open letter to the new President of the United States | Manufacturing Success, Winter 2009
2008
Closing the Gap for Middle-Skill Workers | Indianapolis Star, 5.18.2008
Middle-skill jobs still compose half of all Maine work | Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, 3.14.2008
Four-year college not the only path to rewarding career | Crain's Chicago Business, 3.10.2008
Tell Candidates: Don't Forget to Aim for the Middle | Chicago Tribune, 1.30.2008
Broader vision needed for critical 'middle' jobs | Des Moines Register, 1.07.2008
2007
Business, labor, public officials agree on job-training programs | The Waterbury Republican, 4.15.2007
2006
State uniting education and business | Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, 12.24.2006
