In this episode of Policy Changes Lives, host and Managing Director of Policy at ExcelinEd, Adriana Harrington, sits down with Ian Caraway of the Georgia Governor’s Office and the new lead of the Office of Education and Workforce Strategy to explore how states can better connect K-12 education and workforce systems to improve outcomes for students and employers.
Ian and Adriana discuss the high-level recommendations from a soon-to-be-released governance report and why strong state-level coordination is essential to building clearer pathways from the classroom to college, careers and the workforce.
The conversation also highlights an important shift in how states can think about education policy—not as a collection of disconnected programs, but as a coordinated system designed to help students build valuable skills, pursue meaningful opportunities and meet the needs of a changing economy.
For policymakers and education leaders, the episode offers a practical takeaway: better pathways require better governance—and better governance requires knowing what works. Georgia’s approach demonstrates how states can bring education and workforce leaders together, use data to measure results and focus investments on programs that deliver meaningful value for students, families and employers.
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