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

2. JOB
CREATION
IS EVERYTHING

3. WITHOUT AN EDUCATED
WORK FORCE JOBS WILL
GO SOMEWHERE ELSE

4. FOUR KEY NUMBERS 83 30 41 32

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

6. 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

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

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

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

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

17. 21 STATES LISTED AS IRRESPONSIBLE
ONLY FIVE STATES MAKE THE HONOR ROLL
ALABAMA
CALIFORNIA
NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTH CAROLINA
TEXAS

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

19. 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

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