State-By-State Report Card Calls for Education Reform
Source: U.S. Chamber of Commerce
The second in the “Leaders and Laggards” series, this report examines the 50 states and the District of Columbia in eight categories including school management, finance, technology, and staffing. Overall, the states posted mediocre results, and across the categories, not a single state earned top grades in more than one or two areas.
Based on the group’s research and analysis, a detailed list of recommendations was developed to suggest the most effective approach to reforming the nation’s education system. Recommendations include:
- More flexibility. States and districts must empower schools and principals, develop student-based funding policies, and reinvent education management.
- Better accountability. States and districts should hold individuals and organizations responsible for performance, reform teacher pay, and develop stronger data systems for the collection and dissemination of information.
- More capacity. To makes schools flexible and innovative, states and districts should provide teachers with focused professional development and encourage the research and development of promising practices.
- Stronger reform environment. States and districts should support efforts to create common academic standards as well as promote the development of entrepreneurial organizations.
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