New Report: Public Schools and Economic Development

Posted by on June 18, 2004

[posted from Public Education Network newsblast]

CAN PUBLIC SCHOOL AFFECT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT?
KnowledgeWorks Foundation has announced the publication of “Public Schools and Economic Development: What the Research Shows.” Critical to KnowledgeWorks? vision as an education foundation is a belief that a highly educated and skilled populace benefits both individuals and the community as a whole. As a result, they enlisted Jonathan Weiss, a nationally recognized expert in community sustainability and economic development, to review the existing research on the relationship between schools and economic development. The research implies that since schools are an important contributor to our economy, education should be viewed as an investment rather than a service that governments provide. As an
investment, we must closely examine the inputs of a high-quality school that will realize not only the achievement outcomes that we so avidly seek, but also the economic outcomes that are consistently identified as a top priority by American citizens.

http://www.kwfdn.org/ProgramAreas/Facilities/weiss_release.html