1. Kansas Leads the World in the Success of Each Student.
Dr. Randy Watson, Kansas Commissioner of Education

2. Changing face of employment
“99% of jobs created since the Great Recession have gone to workers with some type of post secondary education or training.”

3. Time to Redesign Schools!
WHAT SKILLS DO BUSINESS & INDUSTRY SAY ARE LACKING IN HIGH SCHOOL, TWO-YEAR and FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE PROGRAM GRADUATES?

4. 89% #1 Time to Redesign Schools! BUSINESSES NEED STUDENTS NEED
SKILLED TALENT
Employability skills
executives:
of all first-time
hires who lose their job do so
because of a lack of employability skills
89%
SKILLED TRADE WORKERS:
hardest jobs to fill #1

5. HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES LACKING…
Professionalism/Work Ethic %
Teamwork/Collaboration %
Verbal Communication %
Ethics/Social Responsibility %
Critical Thinking/Problem Solving %
Information Technology Applications %
Written Communication %
Diversity %
Lifelong Learning/Self-Direction … 42.5%
Creativity/Innovation %
Consolidated Survey of Corporate America

6. TWO YEAR COLLEGE GRADUATES LACKING…
Professionalism/Work Ethic %
Teamwork/Collaboration %
Verbal Communication %
Critical Thinking/Problem Solving %
Written Communication %
Ethics/Social Responsibility %
Information Technology Applications %
Lifelong Learning/Self-Direction %
Diversity %
Creativity/Innovation %
Consolidated Survey of Corporate America

7. FOUR YEAR COLLEGE GRADUATES LACKING…
Verbal Communication %
Teamwork/Collaboration %
Professionalism/Work Ethic %
Written Communication %
Critical Thinking/Problem Solving %
Ethics/Social Responsibility %
Leadership %
Information Technology Applications %
Creativity/Innovation %
Lifelong Learning/Self-Direction %
Consolidated Survey of Corporate America

8. The most important skills are the hardest to teach -
Time to Redesign Schools!
The most important skills are the hardest to teach -
until now.