Download or read book Tough Choices or Tough Times written by National Center on Education and the Economy and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-06-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tough Choices or Tough Times, the report of the NewCommission on the Skills of the American Workforce, shows how thedynamics of the global economy will lead to a steady decline in theAmerican standard of living if this country does not undertake thefirst thorough overhaul of its education system in a century. Thisnew revised and expanded version of Tough Choices or ToughTimes includes: An updated Introduction A summary of the Commission's proposals Commentaries on the proposals by Denis Doyle, Lawrence Mishel,Michael Petrilli, Diane Ravitch, and Richard Rothstein, withresponses from members of the Commission. Tough Choices or Tough Times provides a well-researchedanalysis of the issues and a compelling set of proposals forchanging our system of education.