by Bruce Friend

I recently attended the Foundation for Excellence in Education’s second annual national summit on education in Washington, DC. Started by Florida Governor Jeb Bush, the Foundation works to improve schools by helping them achieve higher standards and using data systems to drive district- and school-level decision making.

by Bruce Friend

Education, and more specifically the topic of preparing our students for 21st century jobs, was key committee discussion at the Annual Meeting of National Governors Association in July.  Chaired by Nebraska Dave Governor Heineman, the education committee discussed the critical need in our country to retrain workers for 21st century jobs as well as a need for our K12 schools to produce graduates who are college ready and workforce ready.