Dropouts, Diplomas, and Dollars
(Alliance for Excellent Education © August 2008)
Without systemic reform, prospects for the nation’s economic prosperity will be severely damaged; today’s dropouts and undereducated graduates will become tomorrow’s poorly educated workers, struggling to find jobs and support their families. Instead of an education system that ensures that every child is a high school graduate prepared for college and success in life, the nation will be left with middle and high schools that typify the old adage, “You get what you pay for.”
The Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap in America’s Schools
(McKinsey & Company © April 2009)
The extent to which a society utilizes its human potential is among the chief determinants of its prosperity. In the United States, one focus of concern in this regard has been the existence of a so-called achievement gap in education between certain groups of students and others.
A Smart Investment Agenda for Minnesota’s Next Decade
(Growth & Justice © August 2010)
Growth & Justice offers this summary of a simple and straightforward investment agenda for Minnesota’s next governor and all candidates for political leadership in the decade of “the teens.”
Smart Investments in Minnesota’s Students
(Growth & Justice © October 2008)
Economists, business leaders and educators agree: Minnesota’s relative prosperity over the past quarter century has been driven largely by our investment in human capital. But Minnesota faces major economic shifts that challenge our long-term prosperity. At the current rate we are producing students with postsecondary degrees, within two decades Minnesota will not have enough skilled working adults to sustain our economy or quality of life at the levels most of us have enjoyed.
