Building a Skilled Workforce for Connecticut's Businesses
- Strengthening Connecticut’s job training system
- Increasing the number of skilled workers in our state's high-growth industries
- Raising enrollment in rigorous courses
- Recruitment and training of manufacturing technology students at the high-school and college levels through scholarships, marketing campaigns, the addition of trained faculty, and incorporation of NIMS (National Institute of Metalworking Skills) standards into the curricula
CBIA's Education Agenda
Today more than ever, a state's economic success is dependent on the knowledge, innovation, and productivity of its people. Connecticut's education and job training systems must respond to this reality—as well as the challenges posed by an aging population, an outmigration of young adults, and the largest achievement gap in the nation.
CBIA works to advance a number of public policy goals related to education and workforce training. Our objectives include:
- Increasing access to quality early childhood education for preschoolers and ensuring that all of Connecticut's children enter kindergarten ready to learn
- Raising academic standards for all students in Connecticut's public schools
- Closing the achievement gap—the difference in academic performance, standardized test scores, and graduation rates between low-income minority students and their more affluent white peers
- Emphasis on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and an evidence-based approach to high-school redesign
