Economic development

School Administrator, Oct, 2004

A new report by the Economic Policy Institute shows adequate and effective funding of education is the best way to achieve faster growth, more jobs, greater productivity and more widely shared prosperity.

Written by economic development researcher William Schweke, "Smart Money: Education and Economic Development" shows how increased investment in preschool, primary and secondary education and colleges provides concrete returns to economic development through increases in productivity, learned skills, technology and workers' average earnings.

For more details, visit www.epinet.org.