About Future Ready Iowa
- Future Ready Iowa is an initiative to build Iowa’s talent pipeline
- Education or training beyond high school is the new minimum to earn a living wage
- Careers today and in the future require advanced knowledge and/or technical skills
- The goal of Future Ready Iowa is for 70 percent of Iowa’s workforce to have education or training beyond high school by 2025
- Education and Workforce Trends through 2025 provides a forecast of Iowa's talent pipeline
- A Stronger Nation is a report which shows where Iowa is today in terms of education after high school
- Metrics That Matter, key statistics shaping Iowa's workforce talent pipeline
Future Ready Iowa History
- The initiative was created after Iowa received a National Governors Association grant
- A Future Ready Iowa Summit was held in April of 2016 to create a broader conversation about next steps
- A Future Ready Iowa Alliance was created through the signing of Executive Order 88 in August of 2016
- Executive Order 88 charges the Alliance with developing and recommending a strategic plan by October 31, 2017, to accomplish the 70 percent goal, including metrics and benchmarks
Future Ready Iowa Goals
- Progress toward reducing the socioeconomic, ethnic and racial achievement gaps in kindergarten through 12th grade and increasing equity in postsecondary enrollment
- Progress toward increasing the percent of traditional-age students and adult learners who earn postsecondary degrees, certificates or other quality credentials
- Progress toward how well degrees, certificates and other credentials awarded by Iowa postsecondary institutions align with high-demand job needs and job-placement rates
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