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Texas Ropes Higher Education Data

While collecting data for the “Transparency & Accountability” section of our 2012 Leaders...

Posted May 20, 2013

Education, Jobs, and the American Dream: How We Got Here

The United States is losing ground. Between 1880 and 1980, we were a world leader in wage parity, productivity, and technological innovation. Our country gained, on average, about one year’s worth of education per decade. As a nation, we were out-educating and out-performing the world. But...

Posted May 14, 2013

New Program Certifies Teachers Based on Actual Performance

Over the last two years, TNTP (formally The New Teacher Project) has trained, evaluated, and certified teachers. What sets its programs apart from others is that they are the first organization to certify teachers based primarily on their performance in the classroom. This is pivotal!

Posted May 07, 2013

American Business and Education: Get Serious and Get it Done

In the Institute for a Competitive Workforce report Help Wanted 2012: Addressing the Skills Gap, to which I was privileged to contribute, business and education leaders shared their visions for ways in which both sectors can collaborate to provide our nation with the 21st century workforce it needs...

Posted April 25, 2013

Robots Rock and STEM Rules

As part of a growing national movement to prioritize science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) began a targeted effort to improve the quality, access, and real-world relevance of STEM education across all grade levels. Now in its...

Posted April 25, 2013

Upcoming Events »

Summits | K-12, Policy

June 05, 2013

Central Florida Education Summit - Implementing the Common Core State Standards

The Central Florida Education Summit will be hosted by the Central Florida Partnership and...

Summits | K-12, Postsecondary, Workforce Development

June 17, 2013 to June 19, 2013

U.S. News STEM Solutions National Conference

U.S. News STEM Solutions 2013 will bring together business, education and government leaders who have long recognized the need to connect the dots between STEM education and careers. Adding to last year’s successful conference format, the second edition will give more dedicated time for these...

Summits | K-12, Postsecondary, Workforce Development, Policy

September 17, 2013 to September 18, 2013

Annual Summit - Connecting the Dots

The Institute for a Competitive Workforce will hold its annual education and workforce summit on September 17 & 18 at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC. Details to come.

Latest News »

GOP fear of Common Core education standards unfounded

Posted May 21, 2013

Common Core Supporters Firing Back

Supporters of the Common Core State Standards are moving to confront increasingly high-profile opposition to the standards at the state and national levels by rallying the private sector and initiating coordinated public relations and advertising campaigns as schools continue implementation.

Posted May 15, 2013

Bipartisan Bill Revives Fight for 'Unit Record' Tracking of Student Data

A bipartisan group of lawmakers reopened the fight over a federal "unit record" system on Thursday, introducing legislation in both chambers of Congress that would link individual student records to wage data in an effort to "empower" prospective college students.

Posted May 10, 2013

Common Core is the right curriculum for Michigan

Now, more than ever, Michigan's economic future is closely tied to the education of its workforce. Good paying jobs are increasingly requiring more education and the jobs will go where those educated workers can be found.

Posted May 09, 2013

Standards equip TN students to succeed in a global economy

In Tennessee, only 16 percent of high school graduates are prepared for college. This is unacceptable. While this is a major concern from an education standpoint, it is even more sobering when I think about the economic future of our state. Without a well-educated workforce, we will not be...

Posted May 06, 2013

NYC High School - College Partnership Creates Real Impact

LA, NJ, NY

What if I told you there are programs available to public high school students that would allow them to complete two years of college while working towards their high school diploma? What if I also said that these students have 98%–100% high school graduation rates and 87%...

Posted April 26, 2013