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ARE WE AT A TIPPING POINT: The Status and Direction of Education in Utah

ARE WE AT A TIPPING POINT: The Status and Direction of Education in Utah. Dr. Richard E. Kendell Utah Education Policy Center April 14, 2010. The New Yorker, March 22, 2010. Utah Public School Enrollment 2004-05 – 2010-11. USOE Annual Superintended reports.

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ARE WE AT A TIPPING POINT: The Status and Direction of Education in Utah

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  1. ARE WE AT A TIPPING POINT:The Status and Direction of Education in Utah Dr. Richard E. Kendell Utah Education Policy Center April 14, 2010

  2. The New Yorker, March 22, 2010

  3. Utah Public School Enrollment 2004-05 – 2010-11 USOE Annual Superintended reports

  4. Utah System of Higher Education Historical Fall Enrollments Utah System of Higher Education 2010 Tab C: Executive Summary

  5. Utah System of Higher Education System Total Projections Utah System of Higher Education 2010 Tab C: Table 11

  6. Demographic Trends Source: "Utah’s Demographic Transformation: A View into the Future” Pamela S. Perlich, Senior Research Economist . Volume 68, Number 3

  7. Lack of Completion Highest Level of Educational Attainment,Age 25+, by Race/Ethnicity Source: Bureau of the Census, 2000 (updated 2003)

  8. A Changing WorkforceThe projected percentage employment growth in the U.S. from 2004 to 2014 by level of education required Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics

  9. More than 2/3 of new jobs require some postsecondary education A Changing Workforce Source: Carnevale, Anthony P., & Desrochers, Donna M., Standards for What? The Economic Roots of K-16 Reform, Educational Testing Service, 2003.

  10. Utah’s Top 25 Five Star Jobs:2006-2016 Annual Openings

  11. New England 2020June 2006 • “It is not an understatement then to suggest that our future hinges on whether thousands of young people will launch their educations, their graduate studies and their careers here in New England. Understanding the importance of college students as a wellspring of our population growth compels us to expand our conception of higher education institutions, recognizing them not only as sources of innovation, but as the remedy for our workforce woes, and ultimately, as the region’s best insurance policy against economic stasis and decline.”

  12. Utah Achievement NAEP: Common core of Data, 2007-2008 School Year.

  13. Utah Achievement NAEP: Common core of Data, 2007-2008 School Year.

  14. Utah ACT Scores:% of students ready for college-level course work ACT: National and State Scores for 2009

  15. AN EDUCATION PLAN FOR UTAH A TIPPING POINT ?

  16. ELEMENTARY GRADES • PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAMS • FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN • BETTER ASSESSMENTS FOR MATH AND READING K-6 • K-3 LITERACY PROGRAM • K-6 MATH AND READING

  17. SECONDARY GRADES • STATEWIDE ADOPTION OF ACT EXAMS • EXPLORE 8TH GRADE • PLAN 10TH GRADE • ACT 11TH GRADE • CLEAR ACADEMIC STANDARDS IN CORE SUBJECTS • INCREASE COMPLETION RATES • PREPARE ALL STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE AND THE WORKPLACE

  18. HIGHER EDUCATION • IMPROVE RETENTION AND GRADUATION RATES • ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES • USTAR • CLUSTER ACCELERATION • CAREER PATHWAY INITIATIVES • FIANCIAL AID REFORM • NEED BASED AID • FUNDING FOR ACADEMIC INCENTIVE AWARDS • NEW CENTURY SCHOLARSHIPS • REGENT SCHOLARSHIPS • MATH AND SCIENCE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE YEAR ROUND K-20

  19. “ THEREFORE, THE COUNTRY THAT USES THIS CRISIS [THE GREAT RECESSION] TO MAKE ITS POPULATION SMARTER AND MORE INNNOVATIVE – AND ENDOWS ITS PEOPLE WITH MORE TOOLS AND BASIC RESEARCH TO INVENT NEW GOODS AND SERVICES – IS THE ONE THAT WILL NOT JUST SURVIVE BUT THRIVE DOWN THE ROAD. WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO STIMULATE OUR WAY BACK TO STABILITY, BUT WE CAN ONLY INVENT OUR WAY BACK TO PROSPERITY. WE NEED EVERYONE AT EVERY LEVEL TO GET SMARTER. “ TOM FRIEDMAN “ INVENT, INVENT, INVENT” New York Times, June 28, 2009

  20. The Importance of Voice • When I travel around the country, meeting with students, business people, and others interested in the economy, I am occasionally asked for investment advice. Usually (though not always) the question is posed in jest. No one really expects me to tell them which three stocks they should buy. However, I know the answer to the question and I will share it with you today: Education is the best investment.

  21. The Importance of Voice • You are moving into the most competitive age the world has ever known. All around you is competition. You need all the education you can get. Sacrifice a car; sacrifice anything that is needed to be sacrificed to qualify yourselves to do the work of the world. That world will in large measure pay you what it thinks you are worth, and your worth will increase as you gain education and proficiency in your chosen field.

  22. The Importance of Voice • I hope you don’t mind – I want to go into a little detail here about education. In the 21st century – when so many jobs will require a bachelor’s degree or more, when countries that out-educate us today will out-compete us tomorrow – a world-class education is a prerequisite for success.

  23. Utah Education Policy Center Bridging Research, Policy, and Practice 1705 Campus Center Drive, Rm 339 Salt Lake City, Utah 84112581-3383 / 585-5566 http://uepc.ed.utah.edu/

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