cyclical factor that as we emerge from the recession, we should see an improvement. there is also a longer term phenomena that have been keeping wages down, and you can see this in all sorts of statistics. if you look at the wage share, what part of the national income goes to wages? that s at its lowest point since we started measuring this stuff in 1929. and by contrast, the share going to profits is at a record high again since 1929. the focus on raising wages for some of these jobs, we need more jobs that pay better wages that more people have access to on the skills floor, and that s kind of a bigger problem. the recovery is going to be hard to fix. education is a costly but essential step. the president says it s worth it. if you think education is expensive, wait until you see how much ignorance costs in the 21st century. google chairman eric schmidt agrees. the core problem in america is the educational system is still not producing quite the