Arthur F. Ryan summarizes the mission of the Business Roundtable's Education and Workforce Taskforce.

Promotes the need for higher standards and higher student achievement in U.S. K-12 public schools, ...

Supports state business coalitions and business leaders in advocating for improved state and national education performance at all levels ... with a focus on the policy changes needed to produce measurable results;

Encourages policies that foster a well-trained and productive U.S. workforce and advocate for critical education and workforce issues that affect the labor supply: Stronger science, technology, engineering and mathematics education; Immigration policies that attract and retain highly educated foreign talent, ...; and Increased federal investment in basic research in the physical sciences ...

Thanks, Mr. Ryan for your strong encouragement. We try our best to earn your support.

This is the fourth in a series about businesses and schools.

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