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1. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS1

The Case for Business Involvement5

Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations5

Employability: Student Needs, Business Needs6

Investment Strategies in Education8

Teachers and Schools10

Business and the Schools: Shared Goals, Common Interests12

2. EMPLOYABILITY: STUDENT NEEDS, BUSINESS NEEDS14

What Students Need to be Employable15

The Changing Work Environment16

Employability Skills17

Reassessing and Realigning the Curriculum20

The Invisible Curriculum20

A Common Curriculum21

Equity and Excellence22

Standards and Performance Measures24

Making Diplomats Meaningful24

Developing Effective Performance Measures24

Parental Responsibility26

The School/Business Intercharge26

Lessons from Business Management: A Market Approach28

Improving School Management29

Vocational Education30

Redefining Vocational Education30

Academics First31

Meeting Labor Market Demands32

Joint Programs with Employers33

Improving the Quality of Instruction33

The Role of Business34

3. INVESTMENT STRATEGIES EDUCATION36

The Economics of Education38

Evaluating Returns on our Investment in Education39

Quality, Not Quantity39

The Costs of Failure40

Choosing Wise Investments41

Preschool Programs43

Primary School Performance46

The Transition Years: Focus on Junior High School47

High School Performance49

Education Research51

Longer School Day and Year52

Financing Education53

Who Controls Educational Spending?55

Federal Role56

State Role56

Local Role57

Business Role58

4. TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS59

A Problem and an Opportunity60

Decline in Teacher Quality61

Quantitative Gaps62

Window of Opportunity62

Improving the Teaching Profession62

Teacher Compensation64

Entry-Level Salaries65

Linking Salaries to Responsibility65

Linking Pay to Performance67

Differential Pay68

Working Conditions68

Changing the Organizational Environment69

Management and Leadership74

Educating a Profession75

Issues of Quality75

Conclusion: The Future of Teaching78

Changing Roles for Teachers79

Roles for the Business Community79

The Long View80

5. BUSINESS AND THE SCHOOLS: SHARED GOALS, COMMON INTERESTS81

Guidelines for Private Sector Involvement82

Internal Factors Affecting Involvement82

Strategies for Quality Public Schools83

Supporting the Existing System84

Innovative Change, Incremental Improvement84

Major Structural Reform84

Implementing the Strategies85

Private-Sector Funding for Public Education85

Project Funding86

Program Involvement89

Public-Private Partnerships90

Politics and Policy98

The Business Perspective99

Research and Development100

Human Resource Development100

MEMORANDA OF COMMENT, RESERVATION, OR DISSENT101

LIST OF SUPPORTING FOUNDATIONS105

LIST OF RESEARCH STUDIES PREPARED FOR THIS REPORT106

OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT107