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Strengthening the Birth to Work Pipeline: Addressing Education Gaps in Georgia

This Regional Leadership Institute will examine the data for education in Georgia, focusing on academic achievement milestones, school readiness, literacy, numeracy, high school graduation rates, and college readiness. It will explore the economic impacts of non-graduates and barriers to economic growth, highlighting the importance of education in driving economic development. The goal is to insulate the pipeline by promoting early childhood education, supporting the K-12 system, and aligning educational strategies for collective impact.

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Strengthening the Birth to Work Pipeline: Addressing Education Gaps in Georgia

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  1. Regional Leadership Institute October 4, 2017

  2. Examine the Data for Education in Georgia

  3. Academic Achievement Milestones School Readiness Literacy by 3rd Grade Numeracy by 8th Grade High School Graduation Workforce and/or College Ready

  4. School Readiness Percent of Children with School Readiness Skills

  5. NAEP 4th Grade Reading Percent At or Above Proficient

  6. NAEP 8th Grade Math Percent At or Above Proficient

  7. Georgia High School Graduation Rates Source: Governor’s Office of Student Achievement

  8. Percent of ACT Tested High School Graduates Meeting College Readiness Benchmarks - Reading Source: ACT, National -- The Condition of College and Career Readiness 2017

  9. Percent of ACT Tested High School Graduates Meeting College Readiness Benchmarks - Math Source: ACT, National -- The Condition of College and Career Readiness 2017

  10. Economic Impact of Georgia Non-Graduates

  11. Education Pays Source: *U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment. **U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Table 5. Quartiles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers.

  12. Compounded Impacts of High School Non-Completion Source: Levin, H., et al., (2007). The Costs and Benefits of an Excellent Education for All of America’s Children.

  13. Barriers to Economic Growth: Poverty Rates ACS 2015 5-year estimates/Kids Counts Data Center

  14. Barriers to Economic Growth: Adults Not Working, Ages 25-64 Compiled by Georgia Chamber of Commerce 2030, ACS 2015 5-Year estimates

  15. Barriers to Economic Growth: Adults Without A High School Diploma Compiled by Georgia Chamber of Commerce 2030, ACS 2015 5-Year estimates

  16. Barriers to Economic Growth Poverty Adults Not Working No HS Diploma

  17. Economic Impacts Source: Alliance for Excellent Education’s “The Graduation Effect” with support from State Farm; http//impact.all4ed.org/

  18. Strengthening the Birth to Work Pipeline

  19. Strengthening the Birth to Work Pipeline

  20. Essential Elements of High Performing States

  21. The Changing Face of Georgia Source: U.S Census Data

  22. Achievement Gaps Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress, 2015 Percent of students proficient and above

  23. 4-Year Graduation Rate - 2017 Source: Georgia Department of Education.

  24. The Missing 57% 100 Georgia 9th Graders Enter High School! 80 graduate HS 62 enroll in higher education 43 make it to their sophomore year Source: Ga DOE data for 2015-2016 school year; projections by Atlanta Regional Commission

  25. Georgia’s Economic Development Needs • 2010 to 2015 - Georgia employer job postings grew 154%, compared to 142% growth nationally. • 2011 to 2014 - Georgia added nearly 400,000 new private sector jobs. • March 2017 - Georgia had the 7th highest unemployment rate of any state in the United States. Georgia is experiencing a talent gap. This talent gap is a mismatch between degrees and skills needed by employers versus the degrees and skills of the population.

  26. Georgia Needs:The Economic Development Pipeline 60% of jobs in 2020 will require some higher education 42% of Georgian’s currently have a post-secondary degree Goal: 250,000 new graduates by 2025 Source: Complete College Georgia,: Georgia’s Higher Education Completion Plan 2012

  27. Georgia’s Future Workforce 3. Increasing demand for highly skilled labor force 1. Increasing academic rigor and expectations + 2. Changing demographics + = Positive Collective Impact? Perfect Storm?

  28. What Can We Do?

  29. Economic Lifecycles HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THE PIPELINE? INSULATE THE PIPELINE!

  30. Help Insulate the Pipeline Early Childhood Read to children every day: “Talk with Me Baby” Encourage participation of your early learning centers: “Quality Rated” K – 12 System Support “Get Georgia Reading Campaign” Leverage partnerships with business and post-secondary – internships and mentoring Consider dual enrollment high school/college: “Move on When Ready” Post Secondary Provide internships/ apprenticeships Participate and support: “Go Back. Move Ahead.”

  31. Aligning Educational Strategies for Collective Impact Random Acts of Improvement Aligned Acts of Improvement GOALS Partially Aligned Acts of Improvement GOALS GOALS

  32. Connect with us Twitter: @GAPartnership Facebook: Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education Instagram: @GAPARTNERSHIP LinkedIn: Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education Website: www.gpee.org

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