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Answer me this: How would one state or locality's education priorities legitimately be so tremendously different than another's?[/quote]

The local industries could affect the priorities. 
 
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Tailoring everything to local industries is a trap.  What happens when the coal runs out (as it did in parts of Appalachia?)

People need a more robust set of skills and knowledge, if you are just a one-trick pony, you are likely to find yourself screwed for a job.

Plus, we need to be cognizant of the fact that with automation, outsourcing and other things taking as many jobs as they are, that it becomes all the more important and relevant to have skills that a machine, a computer, or some guy in India can't take away.

That is why local industries should NOT be the priority.  20 years from now our kids will probably be working from their homes for companies 500 miles away.  The priority should be future-proofed skills, globally marketable skills.  Somebody has to be able to write code for those machines, somebody has to design the circuitry, somebody still has to write the documentation...   and for that you still need robust education.

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