Educational Support Tools

To understand where to best focus efforts to address the problem areas, myFutureNC commissioned research to identify where students fall out along the education pathway. As a result of this research, the “Leaky Pipeline Report”, which highlights the leaks in the North Carolina education continuum, was published.

Educational attainment is the key to the short-term recovery and long-term resiliency of North Carolina’s economy. It is the path to upward mobility for our underserved and underrepresented citizens. Yet, people who have proven to be most vulnerable in this pandemic are those with lower levels of education and low-income populations wherein racial minorities are disproportionately represented.

To ensure the State remains economically competitive now and into the future, increasing the levels of education after high school of all individuals, but especially first-generation, low-income, and minority populations, is essential. The rapidly changing demographic makeup of North Carolina will further elevate this need by the year 2030.