Publications

Advancing Entrepreneurship Education

Entrepreneurship Education provides an effective response for a number of converging issues now facing us both in the policy world and in the classroom. From American competitiveness, workplace readiness, workforce development, student and teacher engagement as measured by school performance, high school graduation, drop-out prevention success via basic skill development and improved teacher performance in the classroom. The Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy Group (YESG) is engaged in an extremely important conversation about ways to increase accessibility to entrepreneurship education. YESG’s successful efforts will in turn influence hundreds of thousands of young lives in America over the coming years. YESG members have chosen to participate in the exploration of a critical human capital development issue—why we learn what we learn when we learn it, and we are very fortunate to have the leadership of 33+ national organizations involved. Our inaugural convening was held on September 2007 to explore the promise and challenge of implementing youth entrepreneurship education in underserved communities around the country.   Read the publication.