We’re failing our kids: graduates from high school are lacking the basics and entering the workforce unprepared for the 21st century.
It’s hurting their future, and it’s hurting the economy: by 2020, 65% of all jobs in the economy will require post-secondary education and training beyond high school. Even now, employers are struggling to find qualified candidates for vital positions sitting empty.
Business leaders need good schools: to train employees, to attract and retain talent, and for their own children’s future.
Reports
Media
Briefing: Labor Shortages
Education, Future of Work, ...
Briefing: Office of the First Lady and the U.S. Department of Education
Education, Future of Work
U.S. Department of Education on the Digital Divide
Education, Future of Work, ...
Business Forward & Walton Family Foundation Briefing: Career Pathways and the Catalyze Challenge
Diversity & Inclusion, Education, ...
Briefing: U.S. Department of Education on Pathways to Success
Diversity & Inclusion, Education, ...
Briefing: Advisors to the Departments of Commerce and Education on Building an Equitable Workforce
Education, Future of Work, ...
Briefing: Former U.S. Secretary of Education John King on K-12 Education and Workforce Development
Education, Future of Work
Briefing: U.S. Department of Commerce on Workforce Development
Education, Future of Work, ...
ARE OUR KIDS PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK?
Education, Future of Work
Briefing: John Bailey on Closing the Homework Gap during Covid-19
Education, Technology
Making the Business Case: Education Reform
Education, Future of Work
Briefing: Natalie Gould on the Future of Work
Education, Future of Work
Briefing: Rep. Haley Stevens on the Future of Work
Education, Future of Work
SOLUTIONS 2020: EDUCATION POLICY WORKING GROUP
Education, Solutions 2020
News & Events
BRIEFING: LABOR SHORTAGES
Education, Future of Work, ...
NEW REPORT ON HIGH SCHOOL AND THE FUTURE OF WORK
Education, Future of Work
BUSINESS FORWARD ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S ONGOING EFFORT TO CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND ELIMINATE THE HOMEWORK GAP
Education, Future of Work, ...
STATEMENT FROM JIM DOYLE REGARDING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
Diversity & Inclusion, Education, ...
UPDATED REPORT ON CLOSING THE HOMEWORK GAP
Education, Future of Work, ...
NEW REPORT ON THE HOMEWORK GAP
Education, Future of Work, ...
NEW REPORT ON WHAT BUSINESS LEADERS SAY ABOUT THE HOMEWORK GAP
Education, Future of Work, ...
NEW REPORT ON PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS
Education
NEW TRAINING MANUAL AND PODCAST ON EDUCATION REFORM
Education, Future of Work
NEW REPORT ON HIGH SCHOOL AND THE FUTURE OF WORK
Education, Future of Work
NEW SURVEY REPORT ON THE FUTURE OF WORK
Education, Future of Work
BRIEFING: OFFICE OF THE FIRST LADY & U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Education, Future of Work, ...
BRIEFING: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ON THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
Education, Future of Work, ...
BRIEFING: CAREER PATHWAYS AND THE CATALYZE CHALLENGE
Diversity & Inclusion, Education, ...
5 WAYS SMALL BUSINESSES CAN SUPPORT CAREER PATHWAYS
Education, Future of Work, ...
BRIEFING: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ON PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS
Diversity & Inclusion, Education, ...
BRIEFING: BUILDING AN EQUITABLE WORKFORCE THROUGH K-12 EDUCATION, SKILLS, AND GENDER EQUITY
Education, Future of Work, ...
BRIEFING: FORMER SECRETARY KING ON K-12 EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Education, Future of Work
Business Forward Report on Higher Education Cites Negative Impact of Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric
Diversity & Inclusion, Education, ...
Business Leaders Join XQ to Call for High Schools that Prepare Graduates for the Future of Work
Education, Future of Work
Briefing: U.S. Department of Commerce on Workforce Development
Education, Future of Work, ...
Statement by Business Forward on the Continuing ‘Trump Slump’ in Higher Education
Diversity & Inclusion, Education, ...
Business Forward Report: ‘Trump Slump’ in Higher Ed, $40 Billion Services Export at Risk
Diversity & Inclusion, Education, ...
BRIEFING: WHITE HOUSE ON THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
Access to Capital, Education, ...
Milwaukee 2020 virtual policy roundtables, August 17-20
Climate & Clean Energy, Democracy & Elections, ...
Why Coronavirus relief should include broadband investments
Education, Technology
Briefing: John Bailey on Closing the Homework Gap during Covid-19
Education, Future of Work, ...
Briefing: Biden Policy Director Stef Feldman on the Caring Economy
Education, Small Business, ...
For D.C. students, teach coding as a “language of power.”
Education, Future of Work
Rep. Stevens and Business Leaders Speak on Education Reform
Education, Future of Work
Explaining the Economic Benefits of The REAL Act
Education
BRIEFING: REP. HALEY STEVENS ON THE FUTURE OF WORK
Education, Future of Work
The 74: What Corporate Leaders Mean When They Say That America’s Schools Should Run Like Businesses — and Why That’s a Good Idea
Education