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Review of Let's Get Ready! Educating All Americans for Success

Think Twice - Oct 14, 2025

Publisher/Think Tank - National Governors Association

Author(s) -

In late July, the National Governors Association released a report urging states to transform schools into stronger drivers of economic competitiveness. The report recommends that governors build public dashboards to track outcomes, align schools with workforce needs, and evaluate programs based on graduates' earnings potential.

Reviewer(s) - Ryan Pfleger

Education policy researcher Ryan Pfleger reviewed Let's Get Ready! Educating All Americans for Success and found the report's usefulness to be undermined by its unsupported focus on economic competitiveness as the central measure of educational endeavors.