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Latest BriefingsHere is the PowerPoint briefing delivered at the Paulding County Education Summit April 26. Here is the PowerPoint briefing delivered at the Bulloch County Education Summit April 18. Here is the video of that presentation. What does an education mean economically? Check this story: Lacking a college degree? You may not exist to more employers Want a Briefing? 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! What is economics of education? We often post reports/articles that have an economics of education theme. We will post some here that we feel clearly define the subject: Expert: Tough task to lure quality jobs - Covington News (March 2013) High school dropouts cost $1.8 billion every year - New York Post (February 2013) Career Builder's Best Paying Jobs for 2- and 4-year Degrees (2013) 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 EducationThe 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.
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. Recent audiences have included: Dawson County Chamber of Commerce 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. Since that early work, the Georgia Partnership has worked with several communities to engage stakeholders and increase their awareness, advocacy, and support of school improvement efforts. The Partnership facilitated this planning and strategizing. The plan served as a step by step roadmap on how the group developed its strategy to improve education in Elbert County. Here is the "The How To's of Community Planning" (second edition) brochure that is a snapshot of original work plus the community engagement process used in Troup County. Hard copies of the brochure are available by contacting the Partnership. |
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