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. F. EDUCATION AND TRAINING A primary variable cited for the growing income gap in the United States has been the level of education attainment. This has been, in part, due to the loss of well paying unskilled labor jobs to technology and intemational competition, with even basic job holding skills or abilities substantially lacking among those in poverty. This is exacerbated by the productivity gains that technology and intemational competition has given those with higher levels of education. The focus of raising people's skill level beyond poverty is not so much general education as specific job and living skills, together with business training. GOAL Focus educational and skill development efforts to retain adolescents in school and to encourage adults living in poverty to go back and complete their education. These efforts should instruct and promote stability and independent living. RECOMMENDATION Have both public and private training providers make existing and, where needed, newly . developed training relevant to the emerging job and labor markets. As a prevention measure, efforts should be made to retain students in general education programs, motivating them to seek additional skills training and education level necessary to get a "living wage job." General K-12 education should provide the necessary building blocks for present and future employment opportunities. ROLE OF STATE GOVERNMENT * Work with other metropolitan groups, such as the Greater Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce and the Metropolitan Council, in assuring that the educational process provides the necessary skills to help students land jobs. ROLE OF REGIONAL AGENCIES. COUNTIES, METROPOLITAN COUNCIL * Educate businesses of the ongoing training needs and availability particularly in the areas of jobs skills and diversity. * Promote implementation of AMM's policies on Neighborhood livability - Educational Opportunities (A7). (See Appendix 11) . [Ii] Urban Strategies Task Force Report 21