'06-'07 Committee: Doug Edwards (Chair), Ben Adams, Eric Bolton , Bill Dunavant, Pitt Hyde

While our key strategy for public education is to improve student performance by enhancing kindergarten readiness, Memphis Tomorrow is also directly involved in some K-12 efforts.  Among those are:

1. Memphis Tomorrow members have supported the advancement of Charter Schools legislation, believing that Charter Schools offer choice to public school parents and create opportunities for the school system to try new education solutions.
   
2. Memphis Tomorrow has sponsored the Mayor’s appointed Community Task Force on Funding Public Education to help identify funding and governance solutions for our school systems.  The report and recommendations from that Task Force will be published in October 2006.
   
3. Memphis Tomorrow has produced a Community Guide to Funding Public Education to provide a much needed source of information about how school funding works today.
   
4. Memphis Tomorrow has negotiated a state of Tennessee partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the University of Washington in a project called the School Finance Redesign Project.  More will be announced on this exciting initiative shortly...

EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Early Childhood Development
K-12 Public Education
Higher Education
Recruiting and Retaining Talent

INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT
Bioscience Industry Development
Music Industry Development
Minority Business Development

PUBLIC SAFETY
Operation Safe Community and
Police and Sheriff Department Accreditation

SPECIAL INITIATIVES
Memphis Fast Forward
Government Efficiency