District and State Reports

Georgia

—State of Georgia’s Adult Education Program (ppt)
From the Technical College System of Georgia, Office of Adult Education, this Power point offers facts and information on adult education in Georgia. Presented by Josephine Reed-Taylor, these slides give an overview of Georgia’s need for adult education, student demographics, and a snapshot of Georgia’s adult education teaching workforce.

Indiana

—Adult Education and Workforce Skills Performance Report
The Adult Education and Workforce Skills Performance Report from the Indiana Chamber of Commerce gauges the ability of education providers to address the long-term workforce needs in Indiana. It focuses largely on education and training at levels below the baccalaureate—and the large number of adults who are left behind and under-prepared for work in this economic environment.

Mississippi

—Linking Education to Employment
Provides state specific demographic, economic, employment, and school enrollment data for Mississippi. Return on Investment data include Medicaid reductions, incarceration rate reductions, and increased tax returns by investing in education. Power Point was presented by Dr. Phil Pepper, State Economist and IHL Assistant Commissioner for Planning and Research, Dollar General Pathways to Partnerships session, Jackson, MS, May 2009.

Texas

—Texas Data Center and Office of the State Demographer Web Site
Texas-specific web site from the Office of the State Demographer that includes the report, The Texas Challenge in the Twenty-First Century: Implications of Population Change for the Future of Texas . This report addresses the following questions in the light of recent data (post-2000):

• What will the future of Texas be?
• Will its population increase and if so how rapidly and where will this growth be most extensive?
• Will its wealth increase with its population or will per capita levels of income and wealth decrease?
• What are the population-related opportunities and challenges likely to impact Texas in the first decades of the 21st Century?

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