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Rae Lathrop l Leadership Council Member
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Our Vision
Academic success forevery child throughcollective community
action
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The Problem
For the second year in a row, Nevada ranked nearly last on Ed Weeks Quality Counts report that measuresthe quality of our K-12 system.EdWeek also found children in Nevada have the lowest quality chance of success based on 13comprehensive indicators.
Early ChildhoodNevada has the highest percentage of children ages 3 to 5 (52%) not enrolled in nursery school,preschool, or kindergarten in the U.S. and Puerto Rico (Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2010)
ElementaryOnly half of CCSD 3rd graders in poverty demonstrated that they could read on grade level on the 2011Criterion Reference Test (CRT).
Middle & High School
One of the lowest graduation rates in the nation. Only 64% of our students graduated in 2012. (EdWeek).Only 22% of our high school seniors took the ACT or SAT in 2011 (NV Report card).
College & Career15% of students enrolled in Nevadas two year community colleges will graduate in four years. In 2010, nearly 1/3 of students who enrolled at UNLV, UNR or UNC had to enroll in non-credit bearingremedial classes.
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Students in Las Vegas and across America arenot prepared for success
The opportunity gap continues to be our most pressing problem, profoundly affecting the futurecompetitiveness of our city.
United States
On average, children in low-income communities enter 4 th gradealready two to three levels behind their higher-income peers.
Just half of students from low-income communities will graduate highschool by age 18.
Those who do will perform on average at an 8 th grade level.
Las Vegas
25% of Nevada 4 th graders scored proficient or above on the 2011National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessment.
25% of 2012 Nevada high school graduates students met all four ACTCollege Readiness Benchmark Scores.
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What the opportunity gap costs us
1 McKinsey and Company, http://www.mckinsey.com/app_media/images/page_images/offices/socialsector/pdf/achievement_gap_report.pdf 2 Alliance for Excellent Education, http://www.all4ed.org/files/Earnings.pdf ; http://www.all4ed.org/files/Nevada_hs.pdf3 Alliance for Excellent Education, The High Cost of High School Dropouts (2011)4http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/wdc/dropout/
Educational inequity costs the country $500 billion each year, which is theequivalent of a permanent national recession. 1
United States
On average, a high school graduate in Nevada earns $6,237 more each yearthan a high school dropout does 2
Roughly 22,400 students in Nevada did not graduate from high school in2011; the lost lifetime earnings for that class of dropouts alone total $2.2billion. 3
Nevada
15 Clark County high schools are considered drop out factories accordingto Johns Hopkins University, costing our community over $1 billion dollarsin lost lifetime earnings. 4
Clark County
http://www.mckinsey.com/app_media/images/page_images/offices/socialsector/pdf/achievement_gap_report.pdfhttp://www.all4ed.org/files/Earnings.pdfhttp://www.all4ed.org/files/Earnings.pdfhttp://www.all4ed.org/files/Earnings.pdfhttp://www.mckinsey.com/app_media/images/page_images/offices/socialsector/pdf/achievement_gap_report.pdf -
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Theory of Action
Partner with engaged principals in a feeder pattern who are committed to working with the community toimprove the quality of learning for all children.
Identify needs, goals, strategies & evaluation tool(s) with school and district leaders to improve theacademic achievement for every child.
Connect adults, resources and organizations to our Downtown Achieves principals to address the needsthat hold children back from achievement.
Measure progress to goal via data collection and anecdotal notes. Publicly report results with communityand determine where improvement/staying the course should occur.
Achieve college and career readiness for every child in Downtown Achieves.
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Downtown Achieves Partners &Representative Groups
Andson Foundation
Building Hope Nevada
Catholic Charities
Childrens Advocacy Alliance
City of Henderson
City of Las Vegas
City of North Las Vegas
Clark County
Clark County Library District
Communities in Schools
Community Interfaith CouncilDowntown Project
Energy Fit Nevada
Federal Reserve Bank of SanFrancisco
Goodwill of Southern Nevada
Green Our Planet
Latin Chamber of Commerce
Las Vegas Global EconomicAlliance
Las Vegas Metro Chamber ofCommerce
Moonridge Group
National Parks ConservationAssociation
Nevada Community Foundation
Nevada Ballet Theater
Nevada School of the ArtsNevada Partners
Outside Las Vegas Foundation
Public Education Foundation
Punam Mather LLC
R&R Partners
St. Judes Ranch
Skye Coaching LLC
Southern Nevada Health District
Southern Nevada RegionalPlanning Coalition
The Smith CenterStrategic Progress
Teach For America
US Department of Housing &Urban Development
United Way of Southern Nevada
University of Nevada Las Vegas
UNLV, Lincy Institute
Vegas PBS
Wells Fargo Bank
Workforce Connections
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Collective Impact
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Overlapping Spheres of InfluenceDr. Joyce Epstein
School
FamilyCommunity
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Downtown Achieves Tenets
All students will have...
basic physical, mental, social, and emotional needs met.
effective teachers, leaders, and mentors.
access to quality, early childhood learning.
access to quality out-of-school time learning opportunities.
a school that engages them, their family & their teachers.
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UNLV: Research Partners
UNLV has committed to develop a research plan andmetrics to determine the impact of DowntownAchieves on student achievement.
We expect to learn, develop and course correct whennecessary to support the difficult work of ensuringevery child is college and career ready.
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THE DOWNTOWN ACHIEVES NETWORK
11 schools. 12,500 kids.
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Feeder Pattern Paths
E L E M E N T A R Y S C H O O L S
P H A S E O N E
2 0 1 3 - 1
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Fremont MSCrestwood ES
Lake ESHollingsworth ES
Park ES
Fyfe ESMcWilliams ESTwin Lakes ES
M I D D L E S C H O O L S
P H A S E T W O
2 0 1 4 - 1
5
Gibson MS
Valley HS
P H A S E T H R E E
2 0 1 5 - 1
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H I G H S C H O O L S
Western HS
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Elementary School DataData was retrieved from the Nevada Performance Framework & Nevada Report Card for the 2011-12 school year
School Stars # Kids MathProf
ReadingProf
WritingProf
ScienceProf
FRL ELL Transiency Est Cost PerPupil
DISTRICT 72% 65% 45% 58% 57% 18% 30% $7,404
Crestwood *** 721 71% 56% 23% 35% 91% 58% 31% $9,188
Lake *** 925 69% 60% 29% 46% 91% 52% 40% $8,913
Hollingsworth
*** 681 62% 39% 40% 64% 100% 53% 49% $10,111
Park ***** 818 77% 64% 18% 55% 91% 51% 41% $8,642
Fyfe ** 505 67% 59% 35% 45% 89% 41% 37% $10,211
McWilliams *** 720 60% 51% 31% 30% 91% 55% 37% $8,784
Twin Lakes *** 721 72% 59% 34% 74% 93% 51% 26% $9,307
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Middle School DataData was retrieved from the Nevada Performance Framework & Nevada Report Card for the 2011-12 school year
School Stars # Kids MathProf
ReadingProf
WritingProf
ScienceProf
FRL ELL Transiency Est Cost PerPupil
DISTRICT 68% 54% 57% 48% 57% 18% 30% $7,404
Fremont *** 941 51% 39% 35% 32% 93% 29% 41% $6,948
Gibson *** 1109 60% 49% 54% 40% 88% 19% 21% $7,389
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High School DataData was retrieved from the Nevada Performance Framework & Nevada Report Card for the 2011-12 school year
School Stars # Kids HSPEMath
HSPEReading
HSPEWriting
HSPEScience
FRL ELL Transiency
Est Cost PerPupil
ACT/SATPart
AP TestPass Rate
GradRate
DISTRICT 72% 75% 73% 71% 57% 18% 30% $7,404 22%* 28%* 64%
Valley ** 2894 63% 66% 62% 60% 72% 17% 35% $6230 22% 15% 48%
Western ** 2482 57% 60% 63% 57% 81% 18% 38% $6359 8% 12% 40%
-Proficiency rates for the HSPE in Reading and Mathematics represent cumulative data from a students first and second opportunityto pass the test. Although students have five additional opportunities to pass the HPSE in grade 12, cumulative pass rates arecurrently calculated through the spring of grade 11.
-The HSPE is phasing out, but all current high school students, through the graduating class of 2017 will have to pass the requiredHSPE tests to graduate from high school.*These numbers reflect state averages from this 2011-12 Nevada Performance Framework.
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change theworld; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has Margaret Mead