If Colorado’s educational attainment matched its future workforce needs, the increase in value from the improved education system would add an additional $12.5 billion over 10 years, according to a new study released by Colorado Succeeds and Common Sense Policy Roundtable that used REMI economic modeling.
The report, titled “What if Colorado Schools Were No. 1 – A Business Guide for Colorado’s Next Governor,” showed the estimated effects if the state’s high school graduates obtained the level of post-secondary education considered necessary to meet future demand.
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Kristin Strohm, Executive Director of the Common Sense Policy Roundtable, said in an interview with the Denver Business Journal [article behind paywall] the study’s authors were able to estimate future economic impacts from higher graduation rates using REMI’s dynamic economic modeling.
