A popular video released on June 1 on Instagram incorrectly said that Biden intends to extended high school education by four more years.
has praised America's K-12 education system for fuelling the country's economic growth over the decades, but on Wednesday he said the system was no longer working.
on Wednesday:"The world has caught up, or catching up. They are not waiting. Twelve years is no longer enough today to compete with the rest of the world in the 21st century."U.S. Budget Deficit Hits Record, Spending From October to May Up Nearly 20% Thirty-one percent of 2020 graduates were unemployed last fall, 9 percent more than the 22 percent for 2019 graduates, according to another Pew analysis of federal labor data. The Center also reported in June that teen summer employment neared record lows in 2020 due to the pandemic.
Those without college degrees have also seen their wages eroded down the years. Income for the typical high school graduate dropped by almost 10 percent between the mid-1960s and the mid-2010s, according to Pew Research. College students, meanwhile, have enjoyed increases in income over the past few decades.
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