It is impossible to overstate the importance of education. And historically, incredible amounts of energy have gone to improving schools. Work on that front must continue.
The New Economy, the New Society and the New Quality of Life, however, demand that we also devote energy to improving and promoting life-long education. The best paid, most adaptable workers today and in the future have more than a high school diploma, even more than a college degree. They have a commitment to lifelong learning. So, too, do the best places.
Pursuing lifelong learning means availing ourselves of traditional and non-traditional, formal and informal education resources. Community colleges are expanding their reach, offering continuing education, workforce training, industrial research and the like. Similarly, distance learning offers the ability to learn anywhere, anytime. Finally, citizenship, holism and life in a place that takes seriously the other 11 principles leads to more informed, better educated, better fed minds ... and places.
Repetition can be a useful thing: "In the New Economy, quality of life has become a community’s most valuable economic asset." Theaters, public art, galleries and various other so - called cultural amenities can no longer be thought of as luxury goods. They, like natural resources, are economic assets.
More importantly, however, they nurture the soul. And is that not worth doing for its own sake?
Community colleges are expanding their reach, offering continuing education, workforce training, industrial research and the like.
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