Good Afternoon, Friends, At the National Governors Association (governors_nga) Summer Meeting last week, Governor Jared Polis (govofco) unveiled his #LetsGetReady Roadmap and led a bipartisan conversation with governors from around the nation, including fireside chats with entrepreneur Mark Cuban (mcuban) and Education Secretary Linda McMahon (edsecmcmahon) on Department of Education priorities, Federal-State partnership opportunities, K-12 funding, apprenticeship programs, and much more. The Roadmap is the product of extensive collaboration with educators, parents and families, students, researchers, and community and business leaders. Through a series of discussions across the nation, education leaders undertook a fresh, original review of education challenges, developing innovative solutions to support learners at every stage of their educational journey along four priority categories: academic foundations, workforce preparedness, civic engagement, and lifelong well-being. Let’s ...