civitan - june 14 wilmington, n.c
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Civitan - June 14 Civitan - June 14 Wilmington, N.C.Wilmington, N.C.
www.nceducationalliance.www.nceducationalliance.orgorg
““If a Nation If a Nation
expects to be expects to be ignorant and free ignorant and free … it expects what … it expects what
never was never was and never will and never will
be.”be.”
MISSION MISSION
Empowering people regarding Empowering people regarding
K-12 education K-12 education Make the complex - easier to understandMake the complex - easier to understand
The AllianceThe Alliance
Publishes reports, articles, & editorials on K-12 Publishes reports, articles, & editorials on K-12 issuesissues
Hosts eventsHosts eventsManages website Manages website Emails weekly updatesEmails weekly updatesConsults parents, policy makers, educatorsConsults parents, policy makers, educatorsProvides speakers for civic organizationsProvides speakers for civic organizationsOversees policy in RaleighOversees policy in RaleighNetworks with other organizations Networks with other organizations
regarding education reformregarding education reform
The Alliance’s IssuesThe Alliance’s Issues
Student Achievement Student Achievement
Purpose of schools - education Purpose of schools - education Teacher QualityTeacher Quality
Single most important factorSingle most important factor FundingFunding
$525 Billion industry$525 Billion industry Educational FreedomEducational Freedom
Largest monopoly Largest monopoly
Students trapped in schoolsStudents trapped in schools
ACHIEVEMENTACHIEVEMENT National Assessment of Educational National Assessment of Educational
ProgressProgress
30% proficient30% proficient Graduation Rate -Graduation Rate - 71% Nationally 71% Nationally
67% NC 67% NC
NC African American Male - 42% NC African American Male - 42%
Engineering & Science Engineering & Science BS/BA Degrees as a % of all Bachelor BS/BA Degrees as a % of all Bachelor
DegreesDegrees
SingaporeSingapore 68% 68%
ChinaChina 58% 58%
South Korea 36%South Korea 36%
U. K.U. K. 28% 28%
SwedenSweden 24% 24%
USUS 17% 17%
TEACHER QUALITYTEACHER QUALITY
Tenure Tenure
Licensure & Licensure & CertificationCertification
Pay scale Pay scale
FUNDINGFUNDING
Money matters Money matters
but how youbut how you
SPENDSPEND
money matters moremoney matters more
Government Government EducationEducation
Bureaucratic Bureaucratic
PoliticalPolitical
MonopolyMonopoly
EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL FREEDOMFREEDOM
Attaching money to aAttaching money to a studentstudent
rather than a rather than a systemsystem..
Florida’s Rally - March Florida’s Rally - March ‘04‘04
South Carolina 2004South Carolina 2004
SolutionsSolutions
Empower parents, teachers, policy Empower parents, teachers, policy makers with knowledgemakers with knowledge
Empower parents with financial Empower parents with financial assistanceassistance
Provide competition between Provide competition between providersproviders
VOTE TO MAKE IT HAPPENVOTE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
Contact information:Contact information:
Lindalyn KakadelisLindalyn Kakadelis
704-231-9767704-231-9767
[email protected]@nceducationalliance.org
www.nceducationalliance.orgwww.nceducationalliance.org