The Chamber

Attracting, Educating, and Empowering Workers

If American companies are to compete and win in a worldwide economy, they need well-educated and well-trained workers.

No one can outwork or out-think the American worker.  But if we are to remain competitive internationally, the best foundation for a competitive economy starts with an education and training system that gives American workers the skills they need for the jobs of the 21st Century.

• America needs to change the way that it trains, pays, and evaluates teachers. Pay for performance and incentive pay should be the rule.
• The bureaucratic culture that stifles learning in too many public schools should be replaced with a spirit of innovation through programs such as expanded learning time, early enrollment of high schoolers in college-level courses, online learning programs, and more charter schools.
• Education does not end upon graduation, and workers of all ages who receive ongoing training will be productive and successful
• We must support legislation that seeks to double the number of graduating scientists and engineers within 10 years.