Demographics: San Francisco school closures
There's not enough kids to keep all the schools open. But no one is discussing that root cause.
Personal finance, education: The worst college degrees
Once again, the annual worst college degrees, based on salary. Same every year.
Demographics: Madison, WI school enrollment continues to fall
Yet another school enrollment decline due to our low fertility rates and shrinking youth cohort.
Pretty much every generation becomes the wealthiest generation eventually
In a long time growing world economy, each new generation will eventually be the richest generation.
Demographics: SF to close, merge schools due to declining enrollment
What happens when your fertility rate has collapsed: SF school district postpones highly anticipated school closures list (sfgate.com)
Global: China raises retirement age, but it was quite low
Women could retire at 50 or 55, men at 60 - now both ages will move up.
Education, Demographics: College degrees less important today
The collapse of the college degree.
Education: Oregon Senator wants more money to reduce class sizes
Oregon reports median class size in Oregon schools is 18. A US Senator wants them to be smaller?
Demographics: More Portland schools may close due to low enrollment
More school closures due to the disappearance of young children, this time in Oregon.
Demographics: Immigrants account for 2/3ds of U.S. population growth
A drop in U.S. fertility rates combined with an increase in inbound immigration, leads to majority of population growth from immigration.