Education is Key to our Economic Success
The Knoxville Chamber is committed to focusing on education and helping to ensure that businesses have the workforce necessary to compete in the global economy. Our regional and national economic leadership is at risk. If we do not dramatically improve education focusing on the skills that make us innovation leaders other nations will continue to out perform us academically and will eventually out perform us economically.
We must insist that our Country, our State, and our local government fundamentally change the public education model to meet this new demand. It cannot occur gradually. Our success cannot be measured in incremental improvements against existing standards it requires us to change the standard itself.