K-12 education needs to not just teach math, English and science, but have the student master these subjects and learn to use them. Manufacturing needs employees who have mastered these subjects as a basis to be able to learn and function in the jobs available, which are many.
A manufacturing workforce today needs to be able to constantly learn new things and adapt to change. Many times, manufacturing uses higher education to teach skills to their employees and pays the tuition because workers with these basic mastered skills are needed and not plentiful.
Dave Bastl
Manor