Building The Bigger Vision

Historically, surveys of business leaders have revealed significant dissatisfaction with the job readiness and post secondary education readiness of high school graduates reflecting a gap between what is needed by local business and industry and the skill sets being produced by the secondary education system. By creating a community alliance approach, supported by forecasting local economic conditions, education can deliver graduates that are both better prepared for post secondary education challenges and better prepared to meet the labor needs of local business and industry. For those communities taking on the challenge of linking the needs of business to secondary education, the outcomes of this approach have been staggering, and the economic impact to the local community is extremely powerful.