OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A recent report says that Oklahoma schools are only producing about half of the workers needed to fill high-skilled jobs within the state.
According to a report by the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, only 33 percent of the state’s working-age adults hold two- or four-year college degrees and that more than 500,000 Oklahoma jobs could go unfilled by 2020.
The report says that 40 percent of college-bound high school graduates in the state have to take at least one remedial class in college. According to the report, 4,319 of 50,220 Oklahoma children who entered kindergarten in 2000 will complete college in four years.
The Oklahoman says the report was paid for by the Oklahoma Educated Workforce Initiative an education nonprofit started by the State Chamber of Oklahoma to help better engage the business community in education issues.
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