Help Our Kids Compete Globally

HELP OUR KIDS COMPETE GLOBALLY Is America preparing the next generation to compete globally? Americans think. Job performance in education from leaders in Congress: The next BilII Gates will The scientist who cures come from: cancer will come from: 47% 45% 40% 31% 35% deserve a fail to even quality USA CHINA OR INDIA U.S.A. SOMEWHERE ELSE gold meda Only 11% of workers have paid family leave in US, making it increasingly difficult for dual-earner and 50% 11% 50% of U.S. children get no early childhood education. (We have no national strategy to increase enrollment.) single-family households to properly care for children. CHINA 200 MILLION COLLEGE GRADUATES IN 20 YEARS 00 0000 000000 000000 O O 2020 PRE-SCHOOL O STATISTICS IN CHINA BY 2020 CHINA WILL: * Ensure that no child drops out of school for financial reasons. o CHILDREN PROVIDED WITH THREE YEARS OF O PRE-SCHOOL * More than double enrolment in higher education 70% * Double the share of the working-age population that completes higher education to 195 million workers. o TOTAL ENROLLMENT China (2030) : 50% 40 Increase Million 200 U.S. million 20 Milion college graduates work force 2012 2020 INDIA 20 MILLION HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES IN 5 YEARS High school graduates in 2017 5x y as much as X the U.S. U.S.A. 4 million INDIA 20 million 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 ILLITERACY RATE IN INDIA OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, INDIA HAS TRIPLED ITS OUTPUT OF * * * * * ** FOUR-YEAR DEGREES IN: * information technology 1947 80% * computer science * engineering 2012 25% India's public investment in education since the 1980s 400% growth since the 1980s (i billion per year in 198Os to $44 billion in 2008) U.S.A. COULD BE A GLOBAL LEADER IN EDUCATION American voters know what to do: 55% * Voters believe the us. is falling behind growing economies like China and india when it comes fo providing children with programs to help them get ahead. * Voters are willing to pay more taxes to improve all levels of education - early chilahood Kiz and college. 55% of parents believe the U.S. is behind countries like India and China in * Voters want the US. to be a giobal leader in education. terms of helping children get ahead. American voters want politicians to make education a top or high priority: Ha 88% PRESIDENT 75% CONGRESS |85% GOVERNOR OUR PATH FORWARD: Set National Goals, and Achieve Them. The Competition That Really Matters calls for a commitment to Common Core Standards and for the President and nation's Governors to hold a national summit on education and competitivene arly 2013. Train and Sustain Highly-effective Teachers. The Competition That Really Matters calls for increased commitment to teacher training and retention of highly-effective teachers. Investment in Early Education and Increased Parental Invoivement. The Competition that Really Matters calls for increased resources for early education and policy changes in workplace practices that will allow for increased parental involvement. References: Comparing U.S., Chinese, and Indian Investments in the Next Generation Workforce: The Competition that Really Matters. by: The Center for the Next Generation and the Center for American Progress The Center for the Next Generation Survey of American Voters' Attitudes on Education and Global Competitivness. THE CENTER NEXT www.tcng.org GENERATION