1. Market Watch: Education Summit Terry Eberle & Cindy McCurry-Ross The News-Press Media Group

2. Today’s education Tomorrow’s workforce Research Data Interviews Survey

3. The future workforce “Not only are we trying to prepare students for jobs that we don’t know will exist, but we are trying to teach them how to solve problems we don’t even know exist yet.” Pat Riley, Executive Director, The Alliance of Educational Leaders

4. Biomedical engineers Network and data analysts Financial examiners Athletic trainers Computer app engineers Technicians Dental hygienists Health care workers Systems and data analysts Jobs of the future

5. The U.S. is falling behind globally READING RANKCOUNTRY 1 Shanghai-China 2 Korea 3 Finland 4 Hong Kong-China 5 Singapore 14 United States The United States ranks: 14 th in reading 17 th in science 25 th in math Program for International Student Assessment

6. Florida vs. U.S. ACT: 48 of 50 23 of 26 with participation of 60 percent or higher SAT: 46 of 50 15 of 20 with participation of 60 percent or higher

7. Southwest Florida: mediocre middle ACT SAT Charlotte: 11 15 Collier: 28 36 Glades: 60 53 Hendry: 57 50 Lee: 40 35 Rank among 67 Florida counties

8. Our K-12 students are not prepared How would you rate local high school graduates in terms of fulfilling your workforce needs?

9. Our students aren’t ready for college “We get people from the K-12 system who lack the basic abilities. Their mathematical abilities are atrocious. Their ability to read for comprehension and their communication skills are bad.” Stephen Calabro, President of Southwest Florida College

10. Our college grads are ready for work How would you rate the graduates of local colleges and universities in terms of fulfilling your future workforce needs?

11. Four urgent needs 1. Reading 2. STEM 3. Close the gap 4. Critical thinking

12. Why can’t sophomores read? 10 th graders who don’t read at grade level: Charlotte: 59% Collier: 60% Glades: 75% Hendry: 76% Lee: 62% State: 61%

13. STEM 11 th graders at grade level for science: Charlotte: 41% Collier: 37% Glades: 37% Hendry: 29% Lee: 35% State: 40%

14. Close the achievement gap % of 10 th graders reading at grade level WhiteBlackHispanic Charlotte432833 Collier561727 Glades361518 Hendry331320 Lee471730 State501935

15. Aggressive, innovative action makes a difference

16. Teach them to think, problem solve and navigate the real world.

17. Too much testing? “The time left to actually educate students, to teach them to reason and comprehend, is less and less each year.” Sandra Andrews, Bonita Springs Middle School teacher

18. Whatever happened to field trips?

19. Get our students out … And … and our community in.

20. The talent gap By 2015, Florida will be short about 100,000 science and technology workers.

21. The time is now … … the future is in our hands.