Report Released: Business Leaders Strategize to Improve Education

February 15, 2012

GFC's Center for an Educated Georgia recently released a new report highlighting recommendations from a meeting that engaged business leaders in strategizing how to improve K-12 education in Georgia.

The event, "ROI: Education is Your Business," featured remarks by former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige, an introduction by Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, and a brainstorming session with prominent business leaders discussing education reform.

Following the keynote address by Dr. Paige, Jerri Nims Rooker, Director of the Center for an Educated Georgia, facilitated the discussion. Among the proposals generated was more significant corporate involvement in advocating for substantive and major education reforms and options.

The key findings from this interactive strategy session are summarized in a recently released report available at www.educatedgeorgia.org/business.