Of the 43,353 Career, Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE) credentials earned in the 2018–2019 school year, only 16% were aligned with workforce demand. (GPEE’s Top 10 Issues to Watch in 2021)
Real-Time Insights
The only way to understand and plan for our most critical and emerging issues is to keep each other informed. Send insights to tpearce@atlantaregional.org.
Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education (GPEE) released its “Top 10 Issues to Watch in 2021” report, which includes:
- Equity – the imperative for recovery to success
- Funding – essential for achieving equity
- Early learning – the foundation for an inclusive economic recovery
- Delivery of instruction – new approaches to learning
- Teachers – professionalism, pay, and preparation
- Accountability and assessments – the opportunity to rethink and get it right
- Parent engagement– positioning families as partners
- Post-secondary completion – a pathway to prosperity
- Georgia’s workforce pipeline – creating equitable access and opportunities
- Reinventing education in Georgia – a call for leadership and collaboration
The latest State of Education in Metro Atlanta report provides updates on key education indicators. Kindergarten readiness, 3rd grade reading, 8th grade math, and high school graduation are up. Postsecondary enrollment and completion are down. Learn more in the report and webinar. And view school level data in the interactive dashboard. (Learn4Life)
A large share of low-income clients are parents — especially moms — with school-age kids having incredible difficulty finding jobs that allow working from home. Unclear return-to-school plans and timing add to job search barriers. (Family Advancement Ministries)
A lack of publicly accessible and detailed cradle-to-career pipeline data from state agencies (e.g., CAPS, CTAE eligibility and enrollment by race, geography, industry and otherwise) makes decision-making, planning, and evaluation around equity nearly impossible. (Metro Atlanta Chamber)
Designing and offering structure/processes for students to address academic, engagement, and/or campus life issues is generating nuanced and successful solutions. (Emory University, The Hatchery)
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Access to computers and internet supports (1) virtual learning, (2) job seeking and workforce development, and (3) access to telemedicine and mental health services (Mental Health America of Georgia)
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Roughly 1 in 5 families have taken unpaid live to provide child care. (GEEARS)
Metro Atlanta expects to lose approximately 1½ years of education gains due to pandemic-related learning slide [report] (Learn4Life and redefinED Atlanta)
