EDUCATION

**__Comparing the quality of education in Mexico compared to the United States:__**
**__QUESTIONS to be answered:__**

1-high school drop out rates and reasons 2-% of population that goes to college or university and reasons 3-Average level of education in Mexico compared to U.S. 4-Industries in need of educated employees and numbers. 5-Cost of education? (In U.S. k-12 is free for all citizens because all tax Payers contribute to ensure.) Mexico? K-12, College?

**__RESEARCHED FACTS:__** **__(//Please put your name in parathesis after each fact you post on this page//__** **__1.__** about half of people in mexico that pass primary school go on to middle school, and less than half of the  people that graduate middle school go on to high school. They drop out mainly becasue to help support their families. (Jessica Coates)  **__2. 25% of mexicans in mexico graduate high school that 14% go to a university.(SAMUEL.M)__**  **__3.__**  In Mexico, attaining upper  secondary education does not lead to a higher employment rate than for people with below upper  secondary attainment. Only tertiary ( college) education attainment leads to a 20 percentage points increase in the employment rate (from 63 to 82%).(Brooke Snyder) **__4. Mexico's labor force of more than 40 million people has been growing at an annual average rate of more than 3 percent, creating enormous pressure on the labor market. This is because jobs growth is not keeping pace witht he growth of the labor pool. As a result, there is a gap between employment demand and supply in Mexico. all of this has brought about the following situations in teh labor market: an increase in informal employment, growing numbers of Mexican workers migrating to the northern border to find jobs in maquiladoras or an opportunity to cross the border into the United States, an increase in formal employment in the industrial and manufacturing sector, particularly the maquiladora export industry, in the northern border states. (Ms. Peterson__** []. **__5.K-6 is free except for supplies but 7-12 is about $4,500(SAMUEL.M)__**

**__SOURCE CITATIONS:__** **__(You must cite all of the sources you used to collect the facts you posted on this page.)__** **__1.__****__Simmons, Charlene W.__** **__//The Many Faces of Mexico//. California: //The California State Library//. Web. 17 Nov. 2010. [].__** (Jessica Coates) =__**2.**__Culture grams workers,. "education." //education//. 2009 ed. 1. //culture grams//. Web. 15 Nov. 2010.(SAMUEL.M) =

**__3.__** N.p.,. "Policy breif on mexico: education." //OCDE//. n.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. []. (brooke snyder) **__4.__** //Public Policy of Rice University// Web. 1 Jan. . **__5.__ Culture grams workers,. "education." //education//. 2009 ed. 1. //culture grams//. Web. 15 Nov. 2010.(SAMUEL.M) **