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A Signature Partnership Product
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(4) To Elect or Appoint? Regarding the State School Superintendent (9) Equity in Education – Access and Opportunity (1) High Standards – The Value of a High School Diploma (2) Assessments – How Much is Too Much? (3) District Governance – Charter Systems, IE 2, or Status Quo? (5) Funding Reform – How Do We Divide the Pie? (6) Early Learning – Challenge Accepted! (7) Post-Secondary Success – The Key to Georgia’s Workforce (8) Charter Schools – New Challenges (10) Race to the Top – Now What? Top Ten Issues - 2015
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How is Georgia Trending? Low-Birthweight Babies ≈ Students Earning AP Credit Early Education Enrollment ≈ High School Graduation Rate Children in Poverty Adults with Associate’s Degree or Higher 4 th Grade Reading Adults with a Bachelor’s Degree or Higher 8 th Grade Math
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Issue 6: Early Learning– Challenge Accepted! Quality + Quantity = full benefits of early learning 1.Established Quality Rated 2.Implemented Georgia Early Learning Development Standards 3.Provided resources for statewide family and community engagement grants 4.Expanded center-based home visitation programs for family, friend and neighbor care 5.Increased professional development of early care educators 6.Developed comprehensive assessment system for early learning
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Early Learning Challenge Grant
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Early Education Empowerment Zones – E3Zs Receive $1 million in targeted resources Develop infrastructure to strengthen early learning systems Identify sustainable and replicable implementation strategies that can be scaled statewide
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Issue 7: Post-Secondary Success – The Key to Georgia’s Workforce 72% high school graduation rate 60% of jobs in 2020 will require some higher education 42% of Georgian’s currently have some education beyond high school
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Action Steps for Georgia Career Clusters Complete College Georgia – including STEM initiatives and “Go- Back, Move Ahead” High Demand Career Initiative Strategic-Industries Workforce Development Grants Zell Miller Grants
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Questions Welcome Now & Anytime! Dana Rickman Director, Policy and Research drickman@gpee.org 404.223.2462
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