This week, over 20 bipartisan governors from across the country are coming together in Colorado Springs for the National Governors Association summer meeting. States are where we get things done, and we are coming together to share ideas, learn from one another, and find innovative solutions to the shared challenges we face to best deliver for the people we serve.
Education has huge opportunities for governors to take bold action and drive better outcomes for learners and for our economy. As chair of the National Governors Association, my chair initiative, Let’s Get Ready! Educating All Americans for Success, is bringing governors together in a bipartisan manner to tackle head-on a question top of mind for so many of us: How can we better set our students, and our economy, up for success?
Today, there is a gap between the skills students leave high school with, and the skills needed to get a good job and build a prosperous future. Too many good jobs are going unfilled because employers can’t find workers with the right skills to match open roles…