My solution to this "problem" is a far cry from what this idiotic panel is recommending, and I'm extremely disappointed to see someone like the CEO of Lockheed-Martin on board with these recommendations. Some of these things are the kind of "solutions" I would expect from a Marxist think tank, not a leading industrial CEO.
The CEO's of major corporations are tired of having to provide remedial education to their workers because our schools can't do an adequate job. 70% or the applicants where I work cannot pass basic literacy tests. That is not the type of work force that will help America advance faster than other nations. The days of high-paid unskilled workers is over. Get a bad education, and you will find it almost impossible to get a decent paying job. They all require some form of skill or education that you just can't pick up off the street.