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www.TheBlueprintforEducationalChange.org
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1 Putting it in Context Why Should we
Care?2 Ok, Now What Can We Do About it?
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Pop Quiz Cost of Dropouts

• A conservative estimate of the cost to Central
  Texas of a single class year of dropouts is
• A A decked-out Lamborghini
• B Total gross of Celine Dions Las Vegas Show
• C The cost of the Long Center
• D Annual budget of the UT Athletic Dept.

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• A conservative estimate of the cost to Central
  Texas of a single class year of dropouts is

425 million
Answer B. is correct Celine grossed 400M over
the life of her Vegas Show. We could buy almost
FIVE Long Centers for the cost of one years
worth of dropouts.
Source Data derived from TEA, AEIS reports and
Cecelia Rouse, Labor Market Consequences of an
Inadequate Education. Symposium on Social Costs
of Inadequate Education, 2005.
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The Big Disconnect
Global Economy
Other Nations
US Education
Performance
Competitive Gap
2008
Time
EC-10.08
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Pop Quiz Population Changes

• The low income student population is growing at
  about _____ the rate of the overall student
  population.
• A half
• B the same
• C twice
• D a gazillion times

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CT ELL Enrollment Has Grown at 3 Times General
Student Population
All CT Students 20 Increase
All Texas Students 6.1, Fastest Growing State
Source TEA AEIS Reports, 2003 and 2008
DM-4.08
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Central Texas strategic plan to build the
strongest educational pipeline in the country
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History of the Blueprint

• Based on 2 years of research and thousands of
  hours of engaging the community, led by the
• Brought together 150 business CEOs, college
  presidents, community and education leaders to
  set priority goals
• Developed an unprecedented, comprehensive
  strategic plan

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Goal 1 Children Enter Kindergarten School Ready
40 percent of Central Texas children enter
kindergarten with up to an 18-month delay in
skills expected for their age. There is
increasing awareness of role of early childhood
education in preparing children for success
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Goal 1 Children Enter Kindergarten School Ready

• Why?
• 1 in 3 Central Texas Children are born to
  mothers without a HS diploma
• Areas with high concentrations of poverty lack
  accredited childcare centers
• Children enter Kindergarten every year not
  knowing a single color or letter and never having
  held a book or a crayon

• Current Goal 1 Efforts
• Created the first student School Readiness
  Standard in the history of the state
• Expanding early childhood services through
  Success by Six
• Developed local ECE services matrix and family
  checklists/guides

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Goal 1 Children Enter Kindergarten School Ready

• Take Action!
• Work with your childcare provider to become
  state or federally accredited
• Help distribute Born Learning materials to
  families
• Promote early childhood and Pre-K legislation
  and funding

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Goal 2 Central Texas Eliminates Achievement Gaps
While Improving Overall Student Performance
Gaps in performance between different demographic
groups are sometimes 40 or more.yet some stand
out schools show us that this doesnt have to be
so. Lots of work is going on, but gaps still
tend to grow rather than diminish
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Improvement in 8th Grade Reading and Math, but
Math Gaps Remain Large
Student Performance on 8th Grade Reading TAKS All
CT Districts Charters, 2004-07
Student Performance on 8th Grade Math TAKS All
CT Districts Charters, 2004-07
Percent Passing
AG-10.08
Source TEA Ad-hoc Report
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Low Income Students Repeat 9th Grade at Greater
Rates than More Affluent Peers
Low income White students are retained at 4 times
their more affluent peers. Low income Black
students and Hispanic students are retained at 1½
times their more affluent peers.
Source Ed Fuller, College of Education,
University of Texas at Austin
DO-5.08
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Goal 2 Central Texas Eliminates Achievement Gaps
While Improving Overall Student Performance

• Why?
• Outcome gaps between groups are 40 percentage
  points by 8th grade
• Highest needs schools have twice as many
  teachers not qualified
• Most challenged student populations are those
  growing the fastest by far

• Current Goal 2 Efforts
• Para Una Buena Vida campaign linking education
  to economic prosperity
• Regional English Language Learners Taskforce
• Outreach campaign to attract hundreds of middle
  school coaches/mentors
• Programs to promote research-based practices to
  increase student achievement

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PUBV

• Graduate High School youll get a million
  dollars in earnings!
• Graduate College thats worth another million
  dollars in earnings!
• Speak 2 languages to have more opportunities and
  better pay.

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Goal 2 Central Texas Eliminates Achievement Gaps
While Improving Overall Student Performance

• Take Action!
• Volunteer to be a middle school coach or mentor
• Promote PUBV messaging to schools, churches, and
  families
• Hire a student for the summer- provide
  opportunities to succeed

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Goal 3 Students Graduate College-and-Career
Ready and Prepared for a Lifetime of Learning
Too few students graduate high school or
college, and those who do are often challenged by
lack of skills they will need for the global
economy. Learning is now a lifetime endeavor,
and the world is changing quickly around us!
What does that mean for our students?
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Goal 3 Students Graduate College-and-Career
Ready and Prepared for a Lifetime of Learning

• Why?
• About 80 of our high school students are
  counted as on-time graduates, but 20 are lost
  and never tracked to completion
• Only 40 of Central Texas seniors are
  academically college ready
• Just 43 of those who go to college get any
  degree within 6 years

• Current Goal 3 Efforts
• New college credit opportunities for high school
  students in areas like engineering expanding
  higher-ed transition opportunities
• Expansion of college and career readiness
  standards and assessments
• Austin College Access Network of collaborative
  providers

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Goal 3 Students Graduate College-and-Career
Ready and Prepared for a Lifetime of Learning

• Take Action!
• Join a schools Career Tech Ed Advisory
  Council
• Help to disseminate career readiness standards
• Volunteer for Countdown to College to help
  at-risk students transition into college

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Goal 4 Central Texas, as a Community, Prepares
Children to Succeed
What does it mean for not just our teachers and
schools to be accountable, but our community to
be accountable for every student?

• Current Goal 4 Efforts
• Established Central Texas Blueprint Speakers
  Bureau
• Created Alarm Video
• Collaborating with Faith-Based Community

www.TheBlueprintforEducationalChange.org
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Take Away Thoughts

• Not investing in education costs us tremendously
• Central Texas is losing ground globally
• There IS something you can do about it

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Help us spread the word aboutThe Blueprint for
Educational Change!

• Take Action!
• Sign up for the Blueprint newsletter
• Join the Speakers Bureau to spread the word on
  the Blueprint
• Write an article for school, church, neighborhood
  newsletter
• Get involved with your neighborhood school or the
  school near your place of business

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Central Texas strategic plan to build the
strongest educational pipeline in the country