James H. Douglas Jr. Quotes

We do not need Departments of Commerce, Labor, and Education; we need a single Department of Skills that will promote an integrated approach to global competitiveness.

Our education system is not meeting the needs of today’s workforce much less tomorrow’s.

We need to prepare our kids for a 21st Century economy, and we're not doing it with our schools.

Our educational system should make the Filipino fit not just for whatever jobs happen to be on offer today, but also for whatever economic challenge life will throw in their way.

In today's world, learning has become the key to economic prosperity, social cohesion and personal fulfillment. We can no longer afford to educate the few to think, and the many to do.

Our education system was developed for an industrial era where we could teach certain skills to our children and they were able to use these skills for the rest of their lives working productively in an industry.

In an information society, education is no mere amenity; it is the prime tool for growing people and profits.

To reap this demographic dividend, we need to enable the youth to acquire skills required to get the job or become self-employed.

The Startup Act should give all Americans, not just immigrants, a better shot at being tomorrow's engineers and entrepreneurs. And that opportunity could begin at a young age with education in computer programming.

What we want is for our young people to be skilled.

Who's going to be against making sure students have the education for a knowledge economy?

We want to open spaces for young people to thrive in this economy, and that is why we said... when government buys commodities and services, we must have some set aside for young people.

To shape today's and tomorrow's 'future proof' worker, schools must teach specialized hard skills, such as the STEM skills that are in high demand.

We must provide our kids with the skills they need to stay and succeed here in Maine - that's something we all agree on.

My children have been learning lessons about entrepreneurship since they were in kindergarten, and these lessons are paying off: even though they are only 22, 18, and 15, they have already collectively launched three nonprofit organizations and several new businesses.

At Samasource, a company I founded in 2008, we train people living in poverty from Kenya to California to develop and market 21st century digital skills to adapt to new economic realities.

It simply is not true that everything is now on the Internet, but it is true that the digital resources available through the Internet have enormous potential for education and even for self-empowerment of individuals.

Our ability to compete for the jobs of tomorrow depends, above all, on our capacity to educate children today.

We need to invest in people's lives so that they can do the jobs of the 21st century.

Libraries function as crucial technology hubs, not merely for free Web access, but those who need computer training and assistance. Library business centers help support entrepreneurship and retraining.

Being really good at 'learning how to learn,' as President Bill Brody of Johns Hopkins put it, will be an enormous asset in an era of rapid change and innovation, when new jobs will be phased in and old ones phased out faster than ever.

The Indian youth needs to be empowered, and it can be done through good education and vocational training.

We've got to be delivering young people, and people that are getting reeducated, people who are getting reemployed, into the marketplace with skills to work together, to understand computers, and to be able to be a part of that 21st century economy.

Yahoo! is dedicated to promoting community awareness through outreach, education and information access.

The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.