BUSINESS MUST FOCUS ON EDUCATION LEE BLITCH VICE PRESIDENT UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY

JOB CREATION IS EVERYTHING

WITHOUT AN EDUCATED WORK FORCE JOBS WILL GO SOMEWHERE ELSE

FOUR KEY NUMBERS 83 30 41 32

OVER THE NEXT DECADE: 83% OF U.S. WORKERS IN THE 30 FASTEST GROWING OCCUPATIONS WILL NEED POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION

41% OF ALL JOBS WILL REQUIRE A B.A./B.S. DEGREE BY 2025 IN CALIFORNIA 41% OF ALL JOBS WILL REQUIRE A B.A./B.S. DEGREE ONLY 32% OF ADULTS WILL HAVE A DEGREE IN 2025 (Public Policy Institute of California) PPIC

HOW WILL ECONOMY CHANGE? BY 2025 SERVICE INDUSTRY JOBS WILL GROW TO 38% OF ALL JOBS WHILE MANUFACTURING JOBS WILL SHRINK TO 8% PPIC

STEREOTYPE OF SERVICE INDUSTRIES NO LONGER APPLIES INCLUDES COMPLEX WORK IN LEGAL, ENGINEERING, COMPUTER SERVICES HEALTH AND EDUCATION SERVICES ARE FASTEST GROWING SECTORS -- 43% OF TODAY’S WORKERS HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE PPIC

BABY BOOMERS WITH COLLEGE DEGREES RECEIVED WITH HELP FROM G. I BABY BOOMERS WITH COLLEGE DEGREES RECEIVED WITH HELP FROM G.I. BILL ARE RETIRING THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED BY OUR GROWING MINORITY POPULATION

BUSINESS COMMUNITY SHOULD FOCUS ON FOUR KEY ISSUES HELP GET NCLB PASSED MAKE SURE YOUR STATE HAS ESTABLISHED COMPETITIVE STANDARDS MAKE SURE YOUR KIDS ARE ACHIEVING THOSE STANDARDS SET UP A PROGRAM THAT ENCOURAGES STUDENTS (STARTING AT MIDDLE SCHOOL) TO ATTEND COLLEGE

BUSINESS ACTION LOBBY YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO SUPPORT THE ONLY TRUE BI-PARTISAN PIECE OF LEGISLATION IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND MUST PASS

BUSINESS ACTION (cont.) REVIEW YOUR STATE STANDARDS UTILIZING DATA FROM THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS (NAEP)

THOMAS B. FORDHAM FOUNDATION REPORT “THE STATE OF STATE STANDARDS” ENGLISH MATH SCIENCE GEOGRAPHY

STATES PUT INTO SIX CATEGORIES HONOR ROLL SHAKY FOUNDATIONS TROUBLE AHEAD UNREALIZED POTENTIAL GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS IRRESPONSIBLE

21 STATES LISTED AS IRRESPONSIBLE ONLY FIVE STATES MAKE THE HONOR ROLL ALABAMA CALIFORNIA NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA TEXAS

TRACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT BY DISTRICT AND SCHOOL UTILIZE DATA BASES LIKE JUST FOR THE KIDS RECOGNIZE SCHOOLS THAT EXCELL

USE THE KALAMAZOO MODEL JOINT EFFORT -- BUSINESS COMMUNITY ESTABLISH PROGRAMS THAT ENCOURAGE STUDENTS (STARTING AT MIDDLE SCHOOL) TO ATTEND COLLEGE USE THE KALAMAZOO MODEL JOINT EFFORT -- BUSINESS COMMUNITY -- SCHOOL DISTRICT -- CITY

THE TIME FOR TALKING IS OVER THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW!!