All are part of a misinformation network that has worked to fabricate a number of myths about the education system. Their goal is to expose the fraudulent claims emanating from business establishment reports. Our graduates just don't have the skills 3. The authors reason that by perpetrating these myths, big business is attempting to invade schools with their products and their services. Apparently too, there is profit to be made also from devaluing the skills of today's graduates.
Big business can pay lower salaries to workers who are seen to have few skills.
In preparation for this paper, I spoke directly with Thomas Schweitzer, Senior Economist with the Economic Council of Canada between 1964 and 1992. A Research Report. He has written a critique of Heather-jane Robertson and Maude Barlow's interpretation of his findings and would like to debate any of their conclusions in a public forum. He believes that the authors have misrepresented the conclusions of the reports. The criticism is based on functional literacy.