1. 10 Reasons 11 th grade matters This year you’ll decide what track your on, you just don’t know it. English 1 English II …then… English III,, Jr. Rhetoric, AP Language  Not College Prep  Kinda  College Prep  College  (Math works the same way)

2. Why do my Junior & Senior Classes Matter? If you enroll in college, you’ll take a test. If you score well, you’ll get placed in 101 courses. If you score poorly, you’ll take remedial classes that won’t even count towards graduation.

5. Weekly Median Income

6. The report forecasts that by 2018, 63 percent of all jobs will require at least some postsecondary education. Employers will need 22 million new workers with postsecondary degrees – and the report shows that we will fall short by three million workers without a dramatic change in course. This translates into a deficit of 300,000 college graduates every year between now and 2018. “America needs more workers with college degrees, certificates and industry certifications,” said Anthony P. Carnevale, the Center’s director. “If we don’t address this need now, millions of jobs could go offshore.”

12. Home means Nevada!

13. Ranking in measures of quality education: Nevada #49

15. State’s ranking still abysmal in Kids Count report, but Nevada showing improvement For the second consecutive year, Nevada is ranked last in the nation for education, according to the 2013 Kids Count report. For nearly a quarter-century, the Annie E. Casey Foundation has beenreporting national and state trends in child well-being. The Maryland-based nonprofit group ranks states on 16 indicators that measure a child's economic, educational, health and family well-being.

17. States ranked by rates of pregnancy among women age 15-19 (pregnancies per thousand): 1.Nevada (113) 2.Arizona (104) 3.Mississippi (103) 4.New Mexico (103) 5.Texas (101) 6.Florida (97) 7.California (96) 8.Georgia (95) 9.North Carolina (95) 10.Arkansas (93)

20. Educational Attainment by State

21. Other indicators? Life Expectancy Ranked 38 th worst Infant mortality: 34 th worst Tobacco use 37 th worst; 24% of population smokes. Nevada is the worst in the nation for unemployment, violent crime, car theft, robberies, and foreclosures.

22. 10 worst states for kids to grow up in #1: Kentucky #2 Alaska #3 Oklahoma #4 Alabama #5 …can you guess this one?

23. High School graduation rates by state

24. #47: Nevada #1 Hawaii #2 Vermont #3 Minnesota #4 Nebraska #5 Maine

25. Unemployment Rates for States Monthly Rankings July 2013 RankStateRate 1NORTH DAKOTA 3.0 2SOUTH DAKOTA 3.9 3NEBRASKA 4.2 4HAWAII 4.5 5UTAH 4.6 40TENNESSEE 8.5 43DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 8.6 43NEW JERSEY 8.6 45CALIFORNIA 8.7 46GEORGIA 8.8 46MICHIGAN 8.8 48NORTH CAROLINA 8.9 48RHODE ISLAND 8.9 50ILLINOIS 9.2 51NEVADA 9.5

26. State Foreclosure Rate: Go Nevada!