Immediate and decisive action must be taken to reform Wisconsin's education system to close the skills gap and fill the more than 70,000 job openings across the state. Decisions about education should be made by those closest to students: parents and teachers. By empowering school districts to make those decisions at a local level, students receive individualized attention and foster unique talents, especially in STEM fields, where we need a well-trained, young workforce to tackle 21st century challenges.