Work-Force Panel Calls for Overhaul of U.S. Education

A panel of political, business, and higher-education leaders has laid out a sweeping proposal for overhauling the nation's education system.

The plan was released in December by the 26-member New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce. It calls for squeezing at least $60-billion from current programs and using that money to improve the training and recruitment of elementary and secondary teachers, increase teacher salaries, and prepare some students for community college by

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