This committee analyzes and recommends policy on education and workforce development issues. Specifically, the committee is responsible for the development of policies concerning early childhood education, Pre-K - 12 education, postsecondary education, career and technical education, the public workforce development system, incumbent worker training, and lifelong learning. The committee guides the Chamber’s efforts to create sound policies to ensure that our members have access to an educated and skilled workforce.
Opportunity is at the heart of the American Dream, and at the heart of opportunity is a job. When the right person fills the right job, we all benefit—families, neighborhoods, businesses. We all grow and prosper. Yet, there’s a disconnect in our country.
Among 34 industrialized countries, the U.S. ranks 17th in reading, 21st in science, and 26th in math. We must do better.
Please join the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation as we release a new report that calls on the business community to support states and districts in adopting and implementing a combined college and career readiness indicator to support the future workforce.
Information about outcomes needs to be in front of all students as they consider one of the most consequential decisions of their lives.
Please join the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, the National Alliance for Public Charters Schools, the Foundation for Excellence in Education, and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute as we kick off National School Choice Week with a discussion on the importance that high-quality public charter schools play in the national dialogue on education.
At the U.S. Chamber, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) called education, “the closest thing to magic in America.”
Higher education has long played a vital role in driving America’s economic engine. In today’s knowledge-based economy, this role has never been as important for individuals, businesses, and the nation as a whole.
A coalition of business, education, civil rights and disability organizations sent a letter to lawmakers today opposing an amendment to the House rewrite of No Child Left Behind that would allow states to use local assessments instead of a single, statewide assessment.
This letter regarding H.R. 5, the “Student Success Act,” was sent to all Members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Dear Chairman Alexander and Ranking Member Murray:
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