Learn and Earn ECHS Planning Meeting

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Learn and Earn ECHS Planning Meeting August 22,
2007
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Leadership

• Governor Mike Easley
• Lt. Governor Beverly Perdue
• NC General Assembly
• State Board of Education
• NC Department of Public Instruction
• NC Community College System
• University of North Carolina System
• NC Independent Colleges Universities
• Private and Public Partners

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"What we're trying to provide
is the best work force in the
world," Easley says. "Not just in the
country in the world." Governor Mike
Easley Newsweek June 5 2006
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Strategic Objectives

• High School Innovation Projects
• Redesigned High Schools
• Learn and Earn Early College High Schools
• Consensus for Change
• Statewide Community Engagement Campaign
• Advance Policy Solutions
• Default University-Prep Curriculum for All
  Students
• New Standards and Assessments for 21st Century
  Skills

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Urgency for Change

• Economic development
• Student achievement
• Teacher professionalism

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Decline in NC Manufacturing
184,200 jobs lost, a 24 decline
Source NC Employment Security Commission
Current Employment Statistics, 2006
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Changing Workplace Demands
Source National Alliance of Business, 2002
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More Education RequiredAcross Workforce
Change in the distribution of education in
jobs 1973 v. 2001
-9
16
-23
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Source Educational Testing Service, 2003
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College Workforce Readiness
We should be educating all high school students
according to a common academic expectation, one
that prepares them for both postsecondary
education and the workforce. Only then whether
they are among the two-thirds who enter college
directly after graduation or those who enter
workforce training programs will they be ready
for life after high school. - ACT, Ready for
College and Ready for Work Same or Different?
(May 2006)
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For Every 100 Students Who Enter 9th Grade in
North Carolina
Source NCDPI, 2006 National Center for Public
Policy and Higher Education, 2004
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NC Graduation Rates

• Within four years
• African American - 60
• Hispanic - 52
• White - 74

Source NCDPI, 2006
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Recent NC Graduates QuestionTheir Own
Preparation
How well did your high school education prepare
you for college/a good job?
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Are Graduates Qualified?

• Most (60) of employers nationally rate high
  school graduates basic skills for work as fair or
  poor
• Remedial training costs NC 97 million a year in
  tuition and lost wages
• 21 of recent NC graduates take a remedial class
  in a community college

Source American Diploma Project, 2004
Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2000 NC
Community College System, 2006
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Creating Innovative High Schools
NCNSP

• High School Innovation Projects
• Changed instruction
• Rigor for all students
• Enhanced accountability

Redesigned High Schools
Learn and Earn Early College High Schools
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Innovative High Schools

• Rigor
• Remove option of low-level courses
• Standards fixed, time variable
• Secure college credit and HS diploma
• Relevance
• Connections among courses and to world of adult
  work
• Focus
• Relationships
• For students and teachers

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• Graduates Ready for College, Careers and Life

New Schools
High School Innovation Project Team
Teaching For Results
Leader- ship Institute
Coach
Models
Six-Year Partnership
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High School Innovation in NC
TENTATIVE Learn and Earn ECHS in Planning (up to
25)
Learn and Earn ECHS (9 Total) Davie Guilford Len
oir New Hanover Polk Richmond Scotland Wayne Yadki
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STEM-Focused HS (10 Total) Anson Bertie Duplin D
urham Northampton Warren Wayne Weldon
City Winston-Salem / Forsyth
Fall 2006 Redesigned HS 25 Learn and Earn
ECHS 33 Total 58
Fall 2007 Redesigned HS 44 Learn and Earn
ECHS 42 Total 86
Iredell-Statesville Jackson Jones Kannapolis
City Madison Rockingham Rowan Transylvania Tyrrell
Vance Warren Washington
Asheville City Beaufort Cabarrus Chatham Cleveland
Currituck Winston-Salem / Forsyth Gaston Guilford
Halifax / Northampton Hertford Hyde
Redesigned HS (9 Total) Charlotte-Mecklenburg Gr
anville Camden Swain Wake
Redesigned and Learn and Earn Early College
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September 2005 13 Learn Earn 11 Redesign 24
Total September 2006 33 Learn Earn 25
Redesign 58 Total September 2007 42 Learn
Earn 44 Redesign 86 Total September 2008 110
Total
High School Innovation Projects
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Early Results Show Promise

• Student attendance
• 9th grade promotion
• Dropout rates
• ECHS college course pass rates
• Discipline
• ABC test results
• Teacher satisfaction

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College Course-Taking

• 73 of students enrolled in early college high
  schools took at least one course for college
  credit in 2005-2006
• Their passing rates ranged from 76 to 100, with
  9 schools recording passing rates of
• 90 or higher

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Student Achievement Gains

• 2005-06 EOC Test Results
• 9 of 24 schools met or exceeded state growth
  targets
• 9 of 24 schools significantly outperformed
  comparable comprehensive high schools in
  their districts
• 12 of 16 schools subject to federal rules
  made AYP

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Good Place to Teach and Learn

• I was going to be another
• 5 years and out teacher. I always wanted to
  teach this way. Im staying in teaching.
  Teacher in a redesigned high school

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Learn and Earn ECHS Planning Meeting August 22,
2007