Join Greater Mankato Growth and your fellow colleagues for our August Public Affairs Forum Luncheon Top of the Class: Improving Education in Minnesota. Our state and local education leaders will provide an update on key education initiatives taking place to help secure the top quality talent we'll need to grow and maintain our economic vitality.

Minnesota has consistently ranked as one of the best states in the nation for education. However, much improvement is still needed to ensure that every Minnesota student graduates ready for college or a career. Of particular concern are persistent achievement gaps among minority and white students - especially since the state's fastest growing segment of our future workforce is students of color. As a result of this urgent need to improve our education pipeline, there has been rapid change in the education policy landscape over the past few years. In 2013, Minnesota passed the Worlds Best Workforce law that requires every school district in the state to make strides to increase student performance. And just last year, Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act, replacing the Bush-era No Child Left Behind Act. The Wall Street Journal called this new federal education law "the largest devolution of federal control to the states in a quarter-century."

In Greater Mankato, the Mankato Area Public Schools have seen their student enrollment increase over 16% in the last 10 years - eclipsing 8,000 students for the first time this school year. As our public schools undergo the transitions demanded of them by new laws, growing enrollment and the need to improve educational attainment, it is critical that business leaders keep abreast of these changes and play a leading role in engaging with our schools to help ensure the success of their future workforce. You’ll want to take this opportunity to attend and join in this important discussion.

This forum will take place at Greater Mankato Growth in our Sakatah Trail Room.

Lunch will be served at 11:30 am and the program begins at 12:00 pm.

Greater Mankato Growth's Public Affairs Forum Series brings together compelling speakers and business leaders to discuss timely and relevant political and policy issues.

Speakers

Charlene Briner, Chief of Staff, Minnesota Department of Education
Dr. Sheri Allen, Superintendent, Mankato Area Public Schools

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