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 Business and the Georgia Partnership - The roots of the Georgia Partnership are in the business community as it was established in 1992 as a joint effort between the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and the Georgia Economic Developers Association in an effort to better focus on education issues. Now, 19 years later, the Partnership is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit organization that still maintains a close and strong working relationship with the business community. More... "News to Use" for Business Leaders Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018 This research found that by 2018, 63% of job openings--equaling 29.5 million jobs--will require some college education. One-third of those jobs (16 million) will require a bachelor's degree or higher. (July 2010) Forum: Education crucial for work force Around far too many kitchen tables in Georgia, families and friends are talking about jobs - how they've lost one, what they're doing to get one and how few seem to be available. (February 2010) Test scandal tarnishes business recruitment The standardized test scandal gives a black eye to Georgia’s efforts to recruit business and industry, relocation experts said Friday, though it’s premature to say what, if any, the long-term consequences might be. (February 2010) Nation needs innovation, jobs, not anger The columnist offers advice to the president: Cut the anger and start inspiring. Economic results will follow. (January 2010) Cultural Downshift For many in Georgia, the job picture is changing forever. Traditional blue collar jobs are disappearing and education is even more crucial. (January 2010) Georgia Chamber president looks at economic forecast; includes education George Israel looks ahead and encourages the business community to prepare now for economic recovery. Israel includes a strong education system in his analysis. (January 2010) The High Cost of High School Dropouts: What the Nation Pays for Inadequate High Schools Every school day, more than seven thousand students become dropouts. Annually, that adds up to about 1.3 million students who will not graduate from high school with their peers as scheduled. (Report published in August posted here December 2009) How CEOs Would Fix Education If an educated work force is the nation's human capital, business is seeing a lot of subprime these days. (November 2009) White House Pushes Science and Math Education To improve science and mathematics education for American children, the White House is recruiting Elmo and Big Bird, video game programmers and thousands of scientists. (November 2009) Leaders and Laggards - A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Innovation This is a follow-up to the Chamber's original Leaders and Laggards report issued two years ago. This one turns attention to the future, looking not at how states are performing today, but at what they are doing to prepare for future challenges. (November 2009) Maybe the News is Not So Bleak News stories have swirled for months that the United States is losing its global competitiveness because our college graduation rates are slipping. The fact is U.S. graduation rates remain comparable to those of other developed countries. (November 2009) Former Foes Unite in Battle to Bridge the K-12 Achievement Gap Earlier this year McKinsey & Co. released a report (see entry below) that rocked both the educational and business worlds, putting a $700 billion price tag on the "education achievement gap"—or the difference between the performances of high- and low- income K-12 students. So now what? (September 2009) The Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap in America's Schools The report examines the dimensions and economic impact of the education Graduating America: Meeting the Challenge of Low Graduation-Rate High Schools The Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education welcomes and encourages the business community's involvement in public education and stands ready to assist and advise those efforts. Please contact us.
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