The Education Gap, Technology, and the Economy  Technology
education is the key to lowering unemployment.   Roy Gilbert is
the CEO of Grockit, a social learning company.  A seatback TV on
a cross-country flight is not always a great thing. In the
middle of one of the most turbulent swings in the stock market
this fall, I spent six hours on a flight with two thirds of the
TV screens tuned to financial news. Just about everyone was
watching the ups and downs of the market, and as expected, the
flight attendants were busier than normal with in-flight drink
service.  The next morning I was listening to an older podcast
from NPR's Planet Money as I set out for a run, and the topic of
the day, of course, was the state of the U.S. economy. I had had
enough financial news and was just about to press "skip" when I
heard some powerful stats about unemployment.  While the
unemployment rate in the U.S. is at 9 percent, it is far lower
for educated workers. Have a college degree? The rate is 4
percent. Have a professional