EachA New Way of Approaching
Education Reform
1/27/2010
Who we are…
150+ donor-member volunteers in the Bay Area.
A blend of private, non-profit, and public sectors.
Non-partisan, solution-oriented.
We build teams that work.
Our Issue areas:
Education, Environment, Economic Opportunity
1/27/2010
How We Can Help
Frame issues clearly
Suggest/evaluate policy solutions
Serve as a sounding board
Goals for Today
Review the “EACH” platform
Exchange ideas
Identify next steps
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Context: California is Big
~7 million students
~400,000 educators
~10,000 schools
~1,000 districts4
Years
Ahead
Years
Behind
National Average
Massachusetts
California kids
are a year behind
California is Behind
All
Students
2007 NAEP
average of grades 4&8
blended math, language
3
3
2
2
1
1
5
Years
Ahead
Years
Behind
Every Segment Lags
All
Students
In
Poverty Black Latino
Not in
Poverty Asian White
3
3
2
2
1
1
6
What should be the Unit of Change?
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EachEach Student – Each Teacher
Each School – Each Community8
EachStudent
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Each Student
Goal: Advance each student’s learning steadily regardless of starting place or learning needs. Measure success in terms of each student’s progress toward the end goals of college and career success
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Each Student
Make college and career success the core metric for K-12 success (recommendation 1.1a)
Fund districts based on students, weighted by each student’s needs (1.2b)
Strategically increase total education investment per student to national norms, fostering change in the process. (1.2a)
Policy Overview
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Each
CA
NJNY
5,000
7,500
10,000
12,500
15,000
17,500
30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000 55,000 60,000 65,000 70,000 75,000
Ave
rage
Exp
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dit
ure
pe
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t in
K-1
2 e
nro
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Average Teacher Salary
California Average Spending per K-12 Student Dramatically Lags Other States (especially high-wage states)
Source: NEA, 2008-09 tables C-11 and H-16
(Revised data as of 1/27/2010)
Indifference
curve
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Bubble size: enrollment
Each Student
0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
100.0
120.0
140.0
Total Staff Teachers
Staff per 1,000 Students in
CA compared to Rest of USA
California
Rest of USA
+43%
+36%
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
1970 2005
Percent of State Personal Income Invested in K-12
California’s
financial
commitment
to education
has declined.
2009-10
(est)
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Each Student
Invest in state education data infrastructure capable of supporting each student, teacher, and school. California lags far behind in this essential area. (1.3a)
Invest in data dashboards for students, parents, teachers, school leaders, and community stakeholders. (1.3b)
Spur development of better student assessment technology, especially adaptive testing. (1.3c)
Support flexible approaches to learning, especially computer-based and online (1.4a and 1.4b)
Policy Overview
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EachTeacher
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Each Teacher
Goal: Prepare, recruit, support and retain each highly effective educator.
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Each Teacher
Attract thousands of great new people to compete for teaching jobs with a statewide campaign. Unblock alternative teacher prep pathways with tough, evidence-based accountability for effectiveness (2.1a and 2.1b)
Professionalize teacher compensation and evaluation. Require districts to re-negotiate their pay structures, eliminating incentives for things that make no difference for student learning (e.g. precise number of years worked, most masters degrees.) (2.2b)
Create a competitive state fund that supports creation of differentiated teacher pay programs. (2.2a)
Policy Overview
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EachSchool
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Each School
Goal: Make each school an effective launching pad for each student’s future.
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Each School Policy Overview
Cut Red Tape. Give successful schools and districts charter-like flexibility and freedom from program mandates. (3.1a)
Cut ALL the tape. Set an orderly process to sunset the Ed Code, enabling (indeed, requiring) a fresh look. (3.1b)
Invest in programs to build school leadership capacity. (3.2)
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EachCommunity
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Each Community
Goals: Rebuild and extend the connection between schools and the communities they serve. Equitably empower each community to provide material support to its local schools.
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Each Community Policy Overview
Empower all
communities to
raise funds locally for
schools. (4.1a)
Equalize funding power
with state matching
funds for lower-wealth
communities. (4.1b)
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Each Community
“Lean into” success: create a state “educational momentum fund” to direct incremental resources to districts and schools that improve student achievement, similar to “Race to the Top” but ongoing. (4.2)
Policy Overview
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Each Community
Invest in a toolset for districts to communicate with parents and community. (4.3a)
Foster coordination of community services, building on examples like Harlem Children’s Zone. (4.3b)
Do more of what works, less of what does not, and know the difference. (4.3c)
Policy Overview
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Each School – Each Community26
EachNext Steps
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