The education revolution that could solve the labor shortage BY JEREMY J. WHEATON
Jeremy J. Wheaton
February 1, 2022
As much as the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the future of work, in many other ways it has simply revealed deep structural flaws in our economic infrastructure.
Nothing illustrates this more clearly than the acute shortage of skilled labor, which is impacting everything from the availability of semiconductor chips to the renewed strain on hospitals and essential workers as COVID-19 cases once again rise across the country due to the Omicron variant.
At first glance, this may seem like a temporary challenge brought about by a once-in-a-century societal shock. But the root cause is clear: We’re not training nearly enough workers with the skills they need to fill more than 11 million open jobs.
