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Our Mission…
To assure high levels of learning for all students!
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Never in our nation’s history have the demands on our educational system been greater or the consequences of failure as severe. Beyond the high-stakes school accountability requirements mandated by state and federal laws, the difference between success and failure in school is, quite literally, life and death for our students.
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Today, a child who graduates from school with a mastery of essential skills and knowledge is prepared to compete in the global marketplace, with numerous paths of opportunity available to lead a successful life. Yet, for students who fail in our educational system, the reality is that there are virtually no paths of opportunity.
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The likely pathway for student who struggle in school is an adult life of poverty, incarceration, and/or dependence on society’s welfare systems.
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-- Dropouts on average earn about $12,000 per year, nearly 50 percent less than those who have a high school diploma
-- 50 percent less likely to have a job that offers a pension plan or health insurance
-- They are more likely to experience health problems
--Rouse/Muenning, 2005: www.centerforpubliceducation.org
Poverty…
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According to a US government report, The State of Literacy in
America, over 90 million US adults,
nearly one out of two, are functionally illiterate or near
illiterate, without the minimum skills required
in a modern society. Larry Roberts, Illiteracy on the Rise in America http://www.wsws.org
Poverty…
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44 million cannot read a newspaperor fill out a job application.
Another 50 million more cannot read or comprehend above the eighth
grade level.
Larry Roberts, Illiteracy on the Rise in America http://www.wsws.org
Poverty…
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Poverty…
43 percent of people with the lowest literacy skills live below the
government's official poverty line
Larry Roberts, Illiteracy on the Rise in America http://www.wsws.org
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Incarceration
Russia and the U.S. are now the world leaders in incarceration, with imprisonment rates 6 to10 times that of most industrialized
nations.
http://www.proliteracy.org/downloads/ProLiteracyStateOfLiteracy%2010-25-04.pdf
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Incarceration
Across the United States, 82% of prison inmates are
dropouts
Ysseldyke, Algozzine, & Thurlow 1992
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2248/is_n126_v32/ai_19619426/pg_4
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Incarceration
According to the report, Literacy Behind Prison Walls,
70 percent of all prison inmates are functionally illiterate or
read below a fourth-grade level.
http://www.proliteracy.org/downloads/ProLiteracyStateOfLiteracy%2010-25-04.pdf
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Incarceration
85% of juvenile offenders have reading problems.
http://www.literacybuffalo
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Incarceration
Youth in Correctional Facilities
Average age: 15
Average Reading Level: 4th Grade (30% below this level)
www.edjj.org
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Incarceration and Special Education
The incidence of learning disabilities among the general population based on U.S. Dept. of Education and local service providers is around 5%. This is in sharp contrast with the number of LD students in the criminal justice system, estimated to be as high as
50%. Bell, 1990: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2248/is_n126_v32/ai_19619426/pg_4
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Incarceration and Special Education
Only 57% of youth with disabilities graduated from high school in the 2001-02 school year, according to the U.S. Department of Education
(2002)
http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=3135
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Social Costs
75% of those claiming welfare are functionally illiterate.
http://www.covinaliteracy.org/facts.htm
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Social Costs
One study conducted by a University of California, Berkeley
economist found that a 10 percent increase in the graduation rate would likely reduce the murder and assault
arrest rates by about 20 percent
Moretti, 2005: www.centerforpubliceducation.org
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Social Costs
The same study found that increasing the high school completion rate by just
one percent for men ages 20-60 would save the United States up to
$1.4 billion per year in reduced costs from crime.
Moretti, 2005: www.centerforpubliceducation.org
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With such high stakes, educators today are like
tightrope walkers without a safety net, responsible for meeting the
needs of every child with little room for error.
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Our Mission…
To assure high levels of learning for all students!
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What do we mean by “high” levels
of learning?
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Is a high school diploma enough for our current
students to be competitive in the global
marketplace?
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“The high school diploma has become the ticket to nowhere.”
James Waller, Face to Face: The Changing State of Racism Across America
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Education and Lifelong Earning:
High School Drop Out: $608,000High School Graduate: $802,000Some College: $922,890Associate Degree: $1,062,130Bachelors Degree: $1,420,850Masters Degree: $2,142,440Doctorate: $3,012,300
James Waller, Face to Face: The Changing State of Racism Across America
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2006 College Graduates
US: 1.3 Million
India: 3.1 Million
China: 3.3 Million
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What do we mean by “high” levels
of learning?
“High School + Plus”
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If our mission is high levels of learning for all students,
the question is:
Is it possible?
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“There are simple, proven, affordable structures that exist
right now and could have a dramatic, widespread impact on
schools and achievement—in virtually any school. An astonishing
level of agreement has emerged on this point”
--Mike Schmoker, 2004
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Schools Do Make a Difference
Effective Schools Research of Ron Edmonds, Larry Lezotte, Wilbur Brookover, Michael Rutter, and others concluded that:
• All Children Can Learn• Schools control the factors to
assure that students master the core of the curriculum
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Schools Do Make a Difference
An analysis of research conducted over a thirty-five year period demonstrates that schools that are highly effective produce results that almost entirely overcome the effects of student backgrounds
Robert Marzano, What Works in Schools, 2003