New Initiative to Promote Goals of Higher Standards
The Hunt Institute, the Bipartisan Policy Center, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation launched a new initiative to support the goals of the Common Core State Standards. The organizations will emphasize their importance to students, while also trying to dispel myths about the standards. The new partnership was announced by Delaware Gov. Jack Markell (D), a prominent supporter of the common core, during a press conference in Wilmington, on March 10, 2012.
Read More →Why do CEO’s support the Common Core State Standards? Craig Barrett, former Intel CEO and chairman and current CEO of BASIS Schools – one of the highest-performing charter school systems in the country – speaks candidly about why businesses and higher education benefit from the Common Core in the Journal Sentinel op-ed, “Why CEO’s Support […]
Turning America’s Education System Around with Common Core
Business leaders Thomas J. Donohue, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Governor John Engler, president of the Business Roundtable, are straight forward about America’s public education system not making the grade in their op-ed, “Common Core Brings Benefits to Both Education and Our Economy.” This op-ed originally appeared via the McClatchy-Tribune News Service.
Donohue and Engler discuss how K-12 public education is “setting our nation up to fail,” noting that it’s not preparing students for college or career success, not delivering skilled works for businesses and a stronger economy, or enabling our country to compete and lead in the global economy. They conclude that “proficiency in fundamental disciplines is slipping,” and that it is an impending national crisis that requires urgent action at the K-12 level.
Read More →Survey Finds Employers Still Value Four-Year College Degrees, But Want More
An outcome from The Chronicle of Higher Education and American Public Media’s Marketplace special report found that many employers value a four-year college degree more today than five years ago – as it was stated in The Chronicle’s article, “A College Degree Sorts Job Applicants, but Employers Wish It Meant More.”
Marketplace and The Chronicle commissioned a survey of employers who hire recent college graduates in August and September 2012, to find out how well employers think colleges and universities are preparing students for careers. The report showed that though half of the participating employers surveyed said they have trouble finding recent graduates qualified to fill positions, most colleges do a good job producing successful employees, with room for improvement.
Read More →U.S. Businesses Stand United for Common Core | Urge RNC to Support
In a letter to Republican National Committee Chairman, Reince Priebus, John Engler, former Michigan governor and current president of the Business Roundtable, made a strong case as to why the Republican Party should support the Common Core State Standards. Governor Engler urged the support of the Republican Party on behalf of 200 or more chief executive officers from across the country.
From the business leaders perspective, Governor Engler stressed to Chairman Priebus the critical relevance of the Common Core State Standards. In addition, he clarified that the Common Core State Standards are not national standards, but, in fact, standards designed by each state and according to specific needs.
Read More →Tucson Business Community Rallies for Improved Skilled Workforce
In the Tucson Sentinel article, “Business Leaders: Common Core Standards Will Improve Workforce,” business leaders assembled before the joint session of the House committees on education and commerce on January 16, 2013, to tell state policymakers that the Common Core Standards will help advance the workforce and advocate for Standards funding.
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