OUR VISION

Summit Education Initiative envisions a future in which education is Summit County’s highest priority. Reflecting that priority, all sectors of the community engage in coordinated efforts to:

• Encourage children at every stage in their development to pursue further education.
• Eliminate obstacles that prevent children from achieving ambitious educational goals.

Fortified by this support, ever-increasing numbers of Summit County children graduate from high school well - prepared for higher education and earn degrees from post-secondary educational programs, making Summit County the most educated community in Ohio and attracting to the county thousands of highly skilled and well-paid jobs. 

OUR MISSION

The mission of Summit Education Initiative forges strategic alliances among education, business, civic, and community leaders that increase the educational aspirations and achievement of all Summit County children.

OUR ROLE

To help Summit County realize this vision and act upon its mission, Summit Education Initiative:

• Articulates the major educational challenges facing the county and tracks the progress being made in addressing those challenges by conducting research and publicizing relevant data and findings
• Encourages and facilitates collaborations designed to address those educational challenges and
• Develops prototype programs that test and refine strategies for removing barriers to high educational aspiration and achievement.