A Smart Investment Agenda for Education in Minnesota
Minnesota’s economic growth and our hopes for a broader prosperity depend squarely on a well-prepared, highly educated workforce. With the goal of increasing to 75 percent the share of Minnesota students who successfully complete education beyond high school, Growth & Justice has developed a comprehensive agenda for making Smart InvestmentsSMin Minnesota’s Students. Top priorities for action by the State of Minnesota include making a commitment to increasing the higher education attainment rate to 75% by the year 2020, maintaining current funding for early childhood care and education, investing in proven strategies for ensuring grade-level reading proficiency by 3rd grade, and establishing a clearinghouse for evaluating best practices for improving achievement.