2012 Summer Institute DIPLOMAS NOW SUMMER INSTITUTE

2012 Summer Institute DIPLOMAS NOW Welcome and Opening Doug Elmer

2012 Summer Institute In middle schools and high schools across the country, there’s a revolution going on…

2012 Summer Institute ROLL CALL Baton Rouge Boston Chicago Columbus Detroit Los Angeles Miami New York City Philadelphia San Antonio Seattle Washington, DC

2012 Summer Institute THE DIPLOMAS NOW COLLABORATION

2012 Summer Institute Teacher Teams and Small Learning Communities Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Development Tiered Student Supports Can-Do Culture and Climate

2012 Summer Institute DIPLOMAS NOW Year In Review Jim Balfanz Dan Cardinali

2012 Summer Institute Prior to organizations with history of high impact work in partnership with schools Talent Development, CIS and City Year begin partnership based on research of JHU and PEF The PepsiCo Foundation provides planning grant to create a business plan for collaboration (named Diplomas Now) Plans in place for model pilot in Philadelphia PepsiCo Foundation commits $5M over three years DN pilot with the Feltonville School in Philadelphia. Feltonville meets AYP, sees big impact decreasing early warning indicators among students DIPLOMAS NOW HISTORY

2012 Summer Institute DN expands to 4 additional cities Showing 2x-3x target improvement in the Early Warning Indicators DN is featured in cover stories in EdWeek and USA Today ; Featured on CBS evening news Pepsi commits $6 million as a part of i3 grant application. DN awarded $30 million prestigious grant in inaugural Investing in Innovation competition from the US Department of Education DN largest i3 validation winner. DIPLOMAS NOW HISTORY

2012 Summer Institute DIPLOMAS NOW HISTORY Implementation begins at 12 i3 sites participating in largest randomized control study of its kind Inspired by DN, White House and DOE launches “Together for Tomorrow” to strengthen partnerships between schools and community partners Diplomas Now teams delivered approximately 468,000 hours of student support and 45,000 hours of professional development for teachers during the school year Recruited 20+ additional schools for i3 study launch in following school year

2012 Summer Institute DIPLOMAS NOW GROWTH 10 Cities 1 City5 Cities 12 Cities

2012 Summer Institute Seattle 2 schools Los Angeles 3 schools Baton Rouge 3 schools Miami 4 schools Washington, DC 2 schools Chicago 1 school Detroit 1 school Boston 3 schools New York City 2 schools Philadelphia 5 schools 22,000 students DIPLOMAS NOW FOOTPRINT

2012 Summer Institute Seattle 2 schools Los Angeles 5 schools San Antonio 2 schools Baton Rouge 3 schools Miami 6 schools Washington, DC 3 schools Chicago 3 schools Detroit 3 schools Columbus 3 schools Boston 3 schools New York City 4-5 schools Philadelphia 6 schools 40,000 students DIPLOMAS NOW FOOTPRINT

2012 Summer Institute RESULTS Progress of students flagged for absenteeism, poor behavior and course failure through the third quarter of the school year. 55% decrease 63% decrease 61% decrease 44% decrease

2012 Summer Institute PUBLIC /PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR COLLECTIVE IMPACT Department of Education –Investing in Innovation partner –Informed Together for Tomorrow partnership Districts –12 DN partner districts States –Informed ESEA waiver applications in MA, OH, Louisiana PepsiCo Foundation −Founding and i3 match investor United Way Worldwide −National partner GlaxoSmithKline −Philadelphia DN investor

2012 Summer Institute MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Fox News video from Detroit

2012 Summer Institute WAMU-FM: Scaling Up Solutions to the Dropout Problem Scaling Up Solutions to the Dropout Problem Associated Press: Washington Middle School Wins Attendance Contest Washington Middle School Wins Attendance Contest Los Angeles Business Journal: L.A. Learning to Curb High School Dropouts L.A. Learning to Curb High School Dropouts The New York Times: ‘Chronically Absent’ Students Skew School Data, Study Finds, Citing Parents’ Role ‘Chronically Absent’ Students Skew School Data, Study Finds, Citing Parents’ Role DIPLOMAS NOW IN THE NEWS

2012 Summer Institute WHERE WE CAN GO Strong implementation and results will allow us to: –Ensure that our students are receiving the quality education they deserve –Support teachers in becoming top-tier educators –Use data to determine the most effective strategies for supporting students and schools –Provide the field with replicable school turnaround components that have already been tested and validated

2012 Summer Institute DIPLOMAS NOW What We Are Learning Dr. Robert Balfanz

2012 Summer Institute FATE OF THE REPUBLIC RESTS WITH THE NATION’S 11, 12 & 13 YEAR OLDS

2012 Summer Institute ATTENDANCE MATTERS EVEN MORE THAN WE THOUGHT Chronic Absenteeism is much more pronounced than commonly recognize- 6 to 8 Million Students are missing a month or more of school per year Chronic Absenteeism is like Bacteria in a Hospital, an unseen force creating havoc, because we do not measure it Its greatest impact is on low income students The magnitude and impact of chronic absenteeism means we need to re-think we thought we knew about closing the achievement gap

2012 Summer Institute IMPACT OF ATTENDANCE ON ACHIEVEMENT

2012 Summer Institute IMPACT OF ATTENDANCE ON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION & POST- SECONDARY ENROLLMENT

2012 Summer Institute Attendance is 8 times more predictive of course failure in the 9 th grade than prior test scores – Demographic & economic background characteristics explain 7% of course failures – Eighth-grade test scores explain an additional 5% (12% total) – Student behaviors--absences and effort- explain an additional 61% (73% total) IF GRADUATION IS DETERMINED BY COURSE GRADES, WHAT AFFECTS GRADES?

2012 Summer Institute DN POLICY AND PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Need to be advocates-districts and states need to measure and report on chronic absenteeism rates at the school level Need to use the Collective Intelligence of the DN Network to learn more about why students do not attend school-particularly high school students Stay tuned for DN Attendance Census Day

2012 Summer Institute Behavior – it’s also about effort

2012 Summer Institute WHAT INFLUENCES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT? Huge Analysis of 8,000 Studies Finds: Strongest Influence was Student Expectations- This was three times as powerful as teacher expectations Second was Teacher Credibility in Eyes of Student- This was five times as powerful as matching teaching with student learning styles Fifth was Teacher-Student relationships-This was three times as powerful as reducing class size

2012 Summer Institute Behind all of these is student and adult effort

2012 Summer Institute THE ENEMY OF EFFORT IS POVERTY It over-concentrates the neediest students in a sub-set of schools not designed for the educational challenge they face – leads to adult burnout, disbelief, frustration, and a survivor/triage mentality It teaches students that life is capricious. It is a high stress existence. Physical, emotional and mental stress all pull on the same energy reserves. This pushes students towards absenteeism, low effort, poor behavior and limited expectations. It eats away at trust.

2012 Summer Institute Shaped experiences in school can change behavior The art of DN is creating these experiences

2012 Summer Institute SHAPED EXPERIENCES For adults: Need to create shaped experiences that show that collective effort has positive impact For students: Need to create shaped experiences that show that effort leads to success

2012 Summer Institute Course Performance – B’s are gold

2012 Summer Institute THE POWER OF B’S In Chicago, virtually all students with a B average or higher in the 9 th grade graduate in 4 years In a forthcoming study, we found that to have a 75% chance of post-secondary attainment - 9 th graders needed to: o attend 95% of the time o have a B average o no course failures o no behavioral incidents o be on age for grade

2012 Summer Institute IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE A core goal of our DN work is to enable students to experience common behavioral and academic expectations as they travel from class to class We need to move to benchmarking grades against artifacts which show students what A, B, and C work is Understand that the ABC’s drive student achievement and advancement

2012 Summer Institute Driving down off-track indicators increases achievement & graduation rates, driving up on-track indicators Good attendance, strong effort and good grades increases college success THE BOTTOM LINE

2012 Summer Institute DIPLOMAS NOW Principal Panel Doug Elmer

2012 Summer Institute LOGISTICS ANNOUNCEMENTS Video Booth during meals and transitions/breaks in the Foyer – share your DN Story! Appreciation Table o Share your appreciation to your colleagues at the table located in the foyer Lunch is back in ballroom Reception o Hear from our national leaders and national sponsors o Hyatt Atrium Lobby o 5:30-7:00pm o appetizers provided o cash bar available