The United States is in Need for CHANGE in

EDUCATION

Why Change?

What are other countries doing?

Rapidly expanded their educational systems over the last 50 years

Since 1970s, the education system has declined in U.S.

Our high school graduation rates are lower today than they ever before

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Europeans and Asians

Nationally at

a Glance

Source: Examiner.com

China/South Korea vs. United States

China/South Korea schools graduating engineers in record numbers

America's U.S. engineering graduates declined by 20 percent between 1985 and 2000

Source: Epoch Times Toronto Staff

Less than 40% of U.S. students take a science course

more rigorous than general biology

18% of U.S. students take advanced classes in physics, chemistry or biology

Only 45% of U.S. students take math coursework beyond two years of algebra and one year of geometry

50% of all college freshmen require remedial coursework

Two Million Minutes a Division of Broken Pencil Productions

In 9 more seconds…

Every nine seconds in America a student becomes a drop out.

Whatever It Takes: 12 Communities Reconnecting Out-of-Youth Schools

Why Drop Out? 47% said classes were not interesting

43% missed too many days to catch up

45% entered high school poorly prepared by their earlier schooling

69% said they were not motivated to work hard

35% said they were falling

Copyright article 2006 Barbara Pytel. All Rights Reserved.

“If I Drop Out…” unemployed

in prison

living in poverty

receiving government assistance

less healthy

divorced

single parents

Copyright article 2006 Barbara Pytel. All Rights Reserved.

……in the United States

•Only 2/3 of all students who enter 9th grade graduate with a regular high school diploma four years later

•Drop outs cost our nation $260 billion dollars

Whatever It Takes: 12 Communities Reconnecting Out-of-Youth Schools

a bachelor's degree earns an average of $51,554

a high school diploma earns $28,645

a high school dropout earns $19,169

POVERTYWhat does the research

say? In 2007, 18% of all children

ages 0–17 lived in poverty, an increase from 17 percent in 2006.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements.

Poverty by Race

Poverty Rate

Millions in Poverty

Hispanic 21.5% 9.9 million

African Americans

24.5% 9.2 million

White (non-Hispanic)

8.2% 16.0 million

Asian Americans 10.2% 1.3 million

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007

According to Balfanz (2006)

• It is often possible to identify as early as sixth grade up to half of the students who lack effective interventions and who will not graduate

• By the time students enter the ninth grade, you can identify about 80% of that population who lack effective interventions and who will not graduate

Source: Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC)

“We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.”

-President Obama

That Means… Students need more

motivation Students need teachers who

care

Put your self in the students’ shoe!

Teachers are the single most important resource to a child’s learning.

-President Obama

Here’s what we can look forward to

“reform America’s public schools to deliver a 21st Century education that will prepare all children for success in the new global workplace.”

-President Obama

TEACHERS

Get ready!

Get set!

Let’s create life-long learners with long-term goals