Summary: Building Supports for Successful Transitions Into the Workforce
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Summary: Building Supports for Successful Transitions Into the Workforce

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In 2017, the Committee for Economic Development (CED) embarked upon a “listening tour” of business leaders and parents to discuss firsthand information about workplace demands and aspirations for high school graduates. With generous funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the listening tour made stops in five communities over the course of a year.

Acknowledgements

We wish to thank the Carnegie Corporation of New York for their generous funding of this project and for their commitment to increasing public understanding of education among stakeholders. We also want to express our gratitude to Lori Meyer for serving as our research partner in this work. 

CED is grateful to Trustees Chris Gabrieli, George Barrett, Lenny Mendonca, Teresa Carlson, and Gregg Petersmeyer for their support in state sites, as well as Education Subcommittee Co-Chairs Teresa Carlson, Mike Chesser, Howard Fluhr, Chris Gabrieli, Larry Jensen, and Scott Pulsipher for their leadership and guidance. 

We could not have completed this effort without the assistance of the following local partners: Megan Joseph, Jim Mayer, Kate Phelon, Linda Noonan, Scott Waller, Lewis Whitfield, Eric Phillips, Jason Stanford, and Jarrett Brunny.

In 2017, the Committee for Economic Development (CED) embarked upon a “listening tour” of business leaders and parents to discuss firsthand information about workplace demands and aspirations for high school graduates. With generous funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the listening tour made stops in five communities over the course of a year.

Acknowledgements

We wish to thank the Carnegie Corporation of New York for their generous funding of this project and for their commitment to increasing public understanding of education among stakeholders. We also want to express our gratitude to Lori Meyer for serving as our research partner in this work. 

CED is grateful to Trustees Chris Gabrieli, George Barrett, Lenny Mendonca, Teresa Carlson, and Gregg Petersmeyer for their support in state sites, as well as Education Subcommittee Co-Chairs Teresa Carlson, Mike Chesser, Howard Fluhr, Chris Gabrieli, Larry Jensen, and Scott Pulsipher for their leadership and guidance. 

We could not have completed this effort without the assistance of the following local partners: Megan Joseph, Jim Mayer, Kate Phelon, Linda Noonan, Scott Waller, Lewis Whitfield, Eric Phillips, Jason Stanford, and Jarrett Brunny.
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