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Ed Morrison · The research is unassailable
April 5th, 2009
From CEOs for Cities:
We know that educational attainment is the biggest predictor of success for cities and metro areas today. The research is unassailable….
However, few urban leaders are focused on the relationship between education and the economy. In fact, producing more college-educated citizens is rarely found in any city’s economic development plan.
CEOs for Cities’ Talent Dividend Tour
The Tour is coming the Cleveland…it will be interesting to see if our leaders can tear themselves away from The Med Con pie fight long enough to attend.
Tip of the hat to Richard Herman who sent this link along to me.
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April 6th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Am I missing when and where they’re going to be in Cleveland?
April 8th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
I’m not sure either. Let’s see if the GCP or the Fund for the Future jumps on this opportunity to move the conversation toward what matters.
Both groups have been reluctant, it appears to me, to take on education issues: reducing high school drop-outs and improving post-secondary education performance.
April 8th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
It will also be interesting to see if anyone in the business or foundation community steps forward to assist the CLE school system with a smart investment plan for its stimulus money.
See
http://snurl.com/fibth and http://snurl.com/fibut
April 8th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
it will also be interesting to see if the Cle school system can develop their own smart investment plan for its stimulus money.
April 9th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
[...] The costs of these dropouts on the regional economies both in lost earnings potential and in higher social costs places a major drag on the region’s economy. Further, the evidence is strong that educational attainment is a key driver of a region’s prosperity. [...]