The flip side of the aging population that I discussed a minute ago is relatively smaller cohorts of young people. But that doesn’t mean that we can stop focusing on the problems we face in preparing these young people for the workforce.
Indeed, the fact that we have smaller cohorts means that we must do better - we can’t afford to squander the potential of these young people. Once they have finished high school, they need to learn the skills that will help them to become productive workers in the expanding sectors of the economy.