Working to ensure all children are successful first in school, and ultimately in life.
Who We Are
Mission:
We transform systems through data, partnerships, and policy to ensure all learners in the Dayton Region have the resources and opportunities that foster lifelong success and economic mobility.
Learn to Earn Dayton tracks county-wide, cradle-to-career milestones, and shares stories of how we’re working to reach the big goal.
HOW we do it:
Learn to Earn Dayton is proud to be a member of the StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network, a national movement working to put millions more young people on a path to economic mobility. We track and analyze six key metrics along the cradle-to-career education continuum that research shows support student success in school and ultimately in life. By leveraging data and working in collaboration, Learn to Earn Dayton has earned the Systems Transformation designation from StriveTogether, recognizing our community’s sustained efforts to close opportunity gaps and ensure every child has the opportunity to thrive.
WHY we do it:
OUR BIG GOAL
for Montgomery County
of working-age adults in the Dayton Region will have a recognized postsecondary credential.
60%
Postsecondary education is increasingly important to succeed in today’s economy:
of Ohio’s “in-demand” occupations require a certificate or degree.
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60%
Achieving our big goal
would mean
more adults in Montgomery County with a postsecondary degree or credential, preparing them to compete for family-sustaining jobs.
58,000
Learn to Earn Dayton recognizes that to reach our big goal, we must build a community where every student thrives. Advancing cradle-to-career outcomes require strategies that support students from their classrooms to out-of-school time programs and in their neighborhoods.
With a data-driven focus on educational outcomes and a commitment to coalition-building, we pilot programs and drive policies to positively affect academic outcomes at six critical benchmarks: Kindergarten Readiness, Third Grade Reading, Eighth Grade Math, High School Graduation, Postsecondary Enrollment, and Postsecondary Completion.
While stand-alone programs may have excellent outcomes, isolated approaches can not move the needle on overall educational attainment and achievement. Learn to Earn Dayton has re-committed efforts to a two-generational, place-based model that examines the environment around the family in working to educate the child.
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