Over the last few years, the United States has endured one of the greatest economic downturns since the Great Depression. Yet during this time of high unemployment, around the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s boardroom table, we have consistently heard that employers from nearly every industry were struggling to find workers with the skills to fill vacancies.
How could this be?
Speaking at the University of Michigan last January, President Obama made the case for more affordable college education as a key to economic advancement.
Today's students are tomorrow's leaders.
But before the next generation assumes positions of leadership and writes the next chapter in America's history, it needs a quality education. It needs the skills and the knowledge that prepares Americans for the next chapter in their lives.
In an increasingly flat world, the competition for markets, business, and human capital has never been greater. Although we have made enormous strides in technology and business, there is one area where we have remained stagnant over the years: education.
Bill de Blasio’s ascent to the New York City mayor’s office was fueled by the liberal councilman’s promise to tackle inequality in the city.
Making college more affordable is an admirable goal. But the Obama administration’s “geyser of unintended consequences” is something we can’t afford to ignore, as former U.S. senator and governor of Nebraska Bob Kerrey and president of Leeds Equity Partners Jeffrey T.
The 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results in Mathematics and reading were released yesterday and the results indicate modest gains nationally with substantial gains in Tennessee and the District of Columbia.
Yesterday’s New York Times editorial page featured the recent Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (
America’s public K-12 education system isn’t making the grade. It’s not adequately preparing our students to succeed in college or the modern workforce. It’s not delivering the skilled workers that businesses need to drive stronger economic growth.
