Education
Ensure inclusive and equitable education and lifelong learning opportunities
Objectives
- Increase or provide full access to early childhood learning opportunities.
- Expand college prep and CTE pathways for all high school students. -
- Eliminate gender, racial, and ethnic disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training.
Indicators
- Share of children enrolled in preschool.
- Average per-grade change in English Language Arts achievement between third and eighth grades.
- Share of students attending high-poverty schools, by student race or ethnicity.
- Share of 19-and 20-year-olds with a high school degree.
- Student teacher ratio (median for ages 6- 17).
- Share of residents with college and post graduate degrees.
- Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment, or training.
- Percentage of students pursuing majors or career pathways in sustainability, clean energy, water systems, climate resilience, environmental engineering,
Illustrative Targets
- 100% access to quality early childhood development and pre-school for all girls and boys.
- 100% high school graduation rates for all girls and boys by 2030.
- Ensure that 100% of youth and adults, achieve literacy and numeracy by 2030.