The report concludes that in order for U.S. schools to improve down the road, our nation must start hiring new teachers from the top third of college graduates. If CIOs reading this agree with that finding, are they also willing to endure some hiring pain now if it yields more competent workers in the future? Because a strategic national policy that strongly promotes steering the best of our college graduates into teaching careers means that those graduates would no longer be headed for careers with your company.

There are other questions. Chiefly: How we would fund such a change in teacher hiring given current economic conditions? Even McKinsey's report admits this strategy would not be inexpensive.

Have you read this report? Email me your reaction.

in CIO's Hiring Drilldown.