Learn to Earn
The cradle to career education effort
Learn to Earn Dayton is an effort that brings together educators, business leaders, major foundations and politicians in a movement to have what Tom Lasley, executive director of the organization, calls a “collective impact” on the county’s ability to grow a more educated workforce by 2025.
The non-profit with a $900,000 annual budget is focusing its cradle to career efforts on boosting kindergarten readiness and third-grade reading proficiency, successful transition of students into high school and, increasing the number of workers with a postsecondary certificate or degree.
Here, find information about the effort, its roots and data on the topic.
Why it's happening
In 67 of Ohio's 88 counties, less than a third of the population aged 25 to 64 earned at least an associate degree, which limits opportunities for jobs that increasingly require higher education. Here's how Ohio counties stack up.
Higher education
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Percentage of county residents aged 25-64 with at least an associate degree:
- 0-20%
- 20-25%
- 25-30%
- 30-40%
- 40% or more
Source: Lumina
Coverage of the effort
Articles
- OCT. 31: Focus on early childhood education grows
- INTERACTIVE: How ready are students for kindergarten?
- SEPT. 20: Reading rule may hold back thousands
- SEPT. 5: Officials focus on need for trained, educated workforce
- AUG. 28: Dayton area group launches reading campaign
- JUNE 30: Learn to Earn Dayton promotes cradle to career education
- JUNE 26: 64 percent of Ohio jobs will require college education by 2020
- JAN. 12: ‘Growing’ well-trained workers important for region’s economic future
- NOV. 2012: Community leaders launch effort to prepare students for high-skilled jobs
- JULY 2012: Ohio must grow college grad rate to keep up
Videos
- SEPT. 20: Ohio Dept. of Education Superintendent discusses Third Grade Reading Guarantee
- SEPT. 20: Huber Heights parent feels reading guarantee rushed
- SEPT. 1: Young students experience reading
- AUG. 27: Sen. Peggy Lehner launces the 'Read On' campaign at DAI
- AUG. 27: Norris Cole helps launch 'Read On' at the Dayton Art Institute