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For more than six years, the Georgia Partnership has been traveling the state presenting the Economics of Education briefing to a variety of audiences.  Now in its third edition, the presentation continues to inform civic, business, and education leaders.

Scheduling a briefing for your education-minded group is easy.  Just drop us a note and give us the specifics - when, where, audience specifics - and someone from the Georgia Partnership will contact you.  It's that easy!

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What is economics of education?
Simply put, without a strong education foundation, maximum success, either personal or community focused, is simply not possible.  Our Business Support page contains a variety of resources and other information emphasizing the inextricable link between education and success.

We often post reports/articles there that have an economics of education theme.  We will post some here that we feel clearly define the subject:

Get over your math-science aversion - Atlanta Journal-Constitution (December 2011)

Here's some information about a relating program that teaches Georgia students about economics in real-life terms.  Check out the Georgia Council on Economic Education report. (December 2011)

Economics of Education

The Partnership in cooperation with the Georgia Chamber of Commerce first developed the popular briefing in 2004 and has made more than 150 presentations since.  The briefing is constantly being updated.  It provides specific dollar and cents evidence that education is vitaly important to a community's prosperity.  Latest presentation: Emanuel County Economics of Education Summit, February 16


Economics of Education - Third Edition
The Georgia Partnership will provide up to two free copies of the report upon request.

The briefing emphasizes the strong link between economic prosperity and the state's/individual community's public education system.  Audiences comprised of business, government, education and community leaders get a first-hand look at how important education is.  Without a first class system, a community's workforce can't be properly trained enough to attract businesses.

Attendance at briefings has been good and the response enthusiastic.  Audiences are urged to get involved in their local systems and advice on how to do that is provided.  The Georgia Partnership also offers to work with communities to help them establish a plan to improve their schools.  (For more information or to schedule a briefing, contact the Partnership.)

Since January 1 audiences have included:

Troup County Chamber of Commerce
Dunwoody Rotary Club
Bartow County Chamber of Commerce
Liberty County Chamber of Commerce
Leadership Columbus
Leadership North Fulton
Georgia Rotary Club, Literacy Conference
Washington County Chamber of Commerce
Georgia Academy for Economic Development (Several)
Camden County Rotary Club
Leadership Gwinnett
Macon Chamber of Commerce
Vidalia Kiwanis Club
Technology Association of Georgia
Leadership Haralson
Annual Georgia PTA Conference
Newnan-Coweta Chamber of Commerce
Paulding County Chamber of Commerce
Roswell Rotary Club
Multiple briefings presented at Education Policy Forums
Georgia Municipal Association
Leadership Southeast Georgia
Henry County Chamber of Commerce
Georgia Association of School Personnel Administrators

Relating:

One community, after hearing the briefing, decided to form their own Economics of Education Committee that would focus on improving and supporting education.  Led by the local Elbert County Chamber of Commerce and the Community Partnership of Elbert County, citizens representing business, education, government and civic organizations, met to develop an Action Plan to guide their work.

The Georgia Partnership facilitated this planning and strategizing.  The plan is a step by step roadmap on how the group was formed and how it developed its strategy to improve education in Elbert County.  This replication manual is now available. Also available is "The How To's of Community Planning" (second edition) brochure that is a snapshot of the replication manual.  Hard copies of the brochure are available by contacting the Partnership.

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