Julian Bond, American civil rights activist and chairman of the NAACP

As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didn’t have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didn’t keep up with their promise. Education didn’t prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas. —Julian Bond, American civil rights activist and chairman of the NAACP

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November 29, 2006

As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didn’t have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didn’t keep up with their promise. Education didn’t prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas. —Julian Bond, American civil rights activist and chairman of the NAACP

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