America’s students face stiff competition from classmates and from around the world. Today’s job market is shaped by an increasingly competitive global economy, and government budgets at all levels are under increased pressure to do more with less. With all of these challenges, how do we best prepare American students for success?
We believe America must invest in what works. Across the country, there are brilliant students, dedicated teachers and groundbreaking schools making real progress. We should support their accomplishments by helping all schools and districts innovate and adopt approaches that enable American students to succeed. By supporting measures that increase the availability and use of data-driven solutions to our schools’ most pressing problems, federal lawmakers can help encourage our nation’s educators to find the most successful, impactful ways to increase student learning.
Especially in a time of fiscal challenges, we must determine how best to spend existing funds to improve student outcomes and be better stewards of taxpayer dollars.