Greetings,
I am writing to ask you to get involved in helping address the single biggest challenge facing the future of our region - the need to improve the education we provide for children who grow up here.
We have an amazing economy – one of the world’s most innovative and knowledge intensive – but we have to import huge numbers of well-educated people to fill the jobs. We get low marks when it comes to developing the potential of our kids – especially our low-income kids and children of color.
Early in 2010, the Community Center for Education Results was created to step up to this challenge. In a short period of time, many partner organizations have joined together to build the Road Map for Education Results. The Road Map project aims to double the number of students from our area that get a college degree or career credential, and to close the achievement gaps.
We are building a broad coalition to work shoulder-to-shoulder to achieve the Road Map goals. We need you to get involved. I have no doubt about our ability to achieve tremendous collective impact if we work together and put our kids first. Please join us!
Mary Jean Ryan
Executive Director - CCER