September 2007 - Education and Economic Competitiveness - If we are to successfully navigate such challenges as the retirement of the baby-boom generation, advancing technology, and increasing globalization, we must work diligently to maintain the quality of our educational system where it is strong and strive to improve it where it is not, Speech by U.S. Federal Reserve System Board of Governors Chairman Ben S. Bernanke at the U.S. Chamber Education and Workforce Summit, Washington, D.C.

June 2007 - Diplomas Count: Ready for What? Preparing for College, Careers, and Life After High School - In-depth labor-force analysis finds strong relationship between education and income for jobs nationally and for individual states, Education Week.

January 2007 - America's Perfect Storm: Three Forces Changing Our Nation's Future - Three converging forces are putting our nation at risk: inadequate literacy skills, a changing economy and a diverse population and workforce, Education Testing Service Policy Evaluation and Research Center.

December 2006 - Working Together: Aligning State Systems and Policies for Individual and Regional Prosperity - Provides six recommendations for aligning education, workforce, and economic development policies, Workforce Strategy Center.

December 2006 - Tough Choices or Tough Times (Executive Summary) - Recommends a major overhaul of U.S. public schools, New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce.

March 2006 - Getting the Most Out of America’s Education Investment: How a Fresh Perspective on a Long-standing Challenge Can Further America’s Competitiveness in the World, Standard & Poor’s.

April 2006 - Risky Business - With the economic future of the U.S. tied to our public education system, business leaders are scrambling to push for change, Edutopia.

March 2006 - Making Cities Skilled - What makes cities grow? - Dr. Edward Glaeser, Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School, has extensively researched the determinants of city growth. He finds that urban areas thrive when they maintain safe streets, reduce barriers to building, and keep taxes low. Above all, however, Dr. Glaeser has discovered that residents of faster-growing cities are better educated than their counterparts in struggling cities. His research suggests that, of all the forces shaped by policy decision making, education is the most important predictor of urban growth, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.

November 2005 - Income of U.S. Workforce Projected to Decline if Education Doesn't Improve, National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.

October 2005 - Social Costs of Inadequate Education (Session Papers), Columbia University.

April 2004 - K-12 Education in the U.S. Economy - Links school quality to state financial outlook including labor market, property values and economic vitality, National Education Association.

2004 - Public Schools and Economic Development: What the Research Shows - Establishes a strong connection between the strength of public schools and economic development, KnowledgeWorks Foundation.

September 2003 - Status and Trends in the Education of Blacks, National Center for Education Statistics (Section IV Outcomes of Education).

January 2002 - Out of Balance: An Understanding of How Schools Affect Society and How Society Affects Schools, School performance has not been and cannot be primarily responsible for the nation's economic growth, labor productivity, or income levels, Spencer Foundation.