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...
View ArticleGOP fear of Common Core education standards unfounded
Modern conservatism comes in two distinct architectural styles. The first seeks to build from scratch, using accurate ideological levels and plumb lines, so every wall is straight and every corner...
View ArticleNo Child Left Behind Reauthorization Revived By Harkin Bill
After more than a year of near-dormancy in the Senate, the rocky process of rewriting No Child Left Behind is getting a new start. On Tuesday, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), the retiring chairman of the...
View ArticleU.S. Chamber, Central Florida Partnership, Orlando Regional REALTOR©...
Breaking the Monopoly of Mediocrity Tour Rallies Thought Leaders in Education, Government, and Business, Addresses Local Education Issuesread more
View ArticleNothing sinister about Common Core
In a June 13 My View column, Christel Swasey made various allegations against the state school board ("Common Core an assault on liberties" June 13). While I certainly appreciate Swasey's right of free...
View ArticleMinnesota Rep. John Kline makes another bid to rewrite No Child Left Behind
U.S. Rep. John Kline is making a push to reform the federal No Child Left Behind Act for the third year in a row, and he’s likely to encounter the same problems that derailed previous attempts. Most...
View ArticleEric Cantor wants fast action on education bill
It’s no secret on Capitol Hill that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor wants to rewrite the nation’s education laws — he has said all year he would move “heaven and earth” to do it. But it was only...
View ArticleThe Brewing Battle Over the Common Core
In the world of public school reform these days, the "Common Core" is about as popular as the common cold. The Common Core is the name given to academic standards adopted in 45 states (including...
View ArticleNo, they’re not on drugs: Business leaders who embrace early childhood education
Brian Maher stood at a podium in front of a sold-out crowd at the august U.S. Chamber of Commerce building across from the White House Wednesday morning and started in on a big speech on: early...
View ArticleDollar General looks to boost local literacy
Dollar General has invested millions of dollars into its Zanesville area workforce over the years, not only through its distribution center but in developing several stores. Now the company is looking...
View ArticleWhy Universities Sanction Classes about Chocolate
A professor stands at the front of a 300-person lecture hall, but the balding man’s words reach only the diligent few who brave seats in the spit zone. About a third of the enrolled students decided...
View ArticleTennessee Ups the Ante on Teacher Effectiveness
The 2007 edition of the U.S. Chamber’s Leaders & Laggards report provided Tennessee with a serious reality check about its education system. The state received an ‘F’ in truth in advertising about...
View ArticleObama’s Higher Education Plan: A Vision with Challenges
Yesterday, President Obama outlined a new proposal for reforming our nation’s higher education system and for making college more affordable. With ever increasing tuition costs and consistent...
View ArticleGuest Column: What Would the Students of 1913 Think 100 Years Later?
In today’s fast-changing world, where many jobs of the future are yet to be defined, are we doing enough to prepare our students to succeed in college and career? read more
View ArticleRaising the Bar for Education Standards Is Necessary
Should states only set educational standards that are easily attainable? Apparently, that's what many critics of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) believe. This notion should drive every parent...
View ArticleEmployers Can Help Make College Rankings Better
U.S. News and World Report released their latest round of college rankings, once again masking the egregious data shortcomings in our higher education system. Methodologies for ranking colleges have...
View Article$77 Trillion Jolt to the Economy Depends on Education
If you are a regular reader of the Chamber Foundation's education blog, you know that one way to assess the quality of our nation’s education system is to look at other industrialized nations for...
View ArticleU.S. Chamber Foundation Hosts Summit To Highlight Need for Crucial Education...
Event Focuses on Importance of an Educated and Skilled Workforce WASHINGTON, D.C.—Business, government, and education thought leaders today made the case for ensuring that America’s employers have the...
View ArticleEducation Partnership Blooms in New Mexico Desert
The landscape surrounding Las Cruces, New Mexico’s Interstate-10 is bare and tough. The packed scorched earth is interspersed with creosote bushes, the Doña Ana and Organ Mountains loom in the...
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