General Conclusions:
To Challenge 1:
Maximizing the efficacy of the time students spend in K-12, acquiring the foundational academic building blocks, is a high-yield, cost-effective, and doable way to boost RI's overall educational attainment.
To Challenge 2:
Fully funding adult education would eliminate the long waiting list of people already motivated to improve their skills -- currently at 1,300 -- thereby boosting their attainment. The transitions-support programs offered by higher education, community-based organizations, and adult education also need to expand. RI adults need smoother and easier access to skill building.
To Challenge 3:
Making English-language learning more accessible to the new immigrant population would help leverage the economic assets they bring with them. Promoting dual-language schools, career-and-technical programs, and apprenticeships would help these learners enter the English-language workforce faster and at the same time, maintain and share their valuable native-language skills.
