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 Investments^SM in 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 3^rd grade, and establishing a clearinghouse for evaluating best practices for improving achievement.

Learn more about these priorities and recommendations to drive improvement across the education continuum in our Smart Investment Agenda for Education in Minnesota.