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2012 Summer Institute DIPLOMAS NOW 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 2012 Summer Institute Miami New York City Philadelphia San Antonio Seattle Washington, DC

THE DIPLOMAS NOW COLLABORATION 2012 Summer Institute

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

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

DIPLOMAS NOW HISTORY Prior to 2007 • 3 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 2007 -2008 • The Pepsi. Co Foundation provides planning grant to create a business plan for collaboration (named Diplomas Now) • Plans in place for model pilot in Philadelphia. • Pepsi. Co Foundation commits $5 M over three years 2008 -2009 2012 Summer Institute • DN pilot with the Feltonville School in Philadelphia. • Feltonville meets AYP, sees big impact decreasing early warning indicators among students

DIPLOMAS NOW HISTORY • DN expands to 4 additional cities • Showing 2 x-3 x target improvement in the Early Warning Indicators 2009 -2010 • DN is featured in cover stories in Ed. Week and USA Today; • Featured on CBS evening news 2010 -2011 2012 Summer Institute • Pepsi commits $6 million as a part of i 3 grant application. DN awarded $30 million prestigious grant in inaugural Investing in Innovation competition from the US Department of Education • DN largest i 3 validation winner.

DIPLOMAS NOW HISTORY • Implementation begins at 12 i 3 sites participating in largest randomized control study of its kind 2011 -2012 • 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 2011 -2012 school year • Recruited 20+ additional schools for i 3 study launch in following school year 2012 Summer Institute

DIPLOMAS NOW GROWTH 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 2012 Summer Institute DN Partner Schools 46 26 18 1 10 2008 -2009 -2010 -2011 1 City 5 Cities 10 Cities 2011 -2012 10 Cities 2012 -2013 12 Cities

DIPLOMAS NOW FOOTPRINT 2011 -2012 22, 000 students Seattle 2 schools Detroit 1 school Chicago 1 school Boston 3 schools New York City 2 schools Philadelphia 5 schools Washington, DC 2 schools Los Angeles 3 schools 2012 Summer Institute Baton Rouge 3 schools Miami 4 schools

DIPLOMAS NOW FOOTPRINT 2012 -2013 40, 000 students Seattle 2 schools Detroit 3 schools Chicago 3 schools Columbus 3 schools Boston 3 schools New York City 4 -5 schools Philadelphia 6 schools Washington, DC 3 schools Los Angeles 5 schools 2012 Summer Institute San Antonio 2 schools Baton Rouge 3 schools Miami 6 schools

RESULTS Progress of students flagged for absenteeism, poor behavior and course failure through the third quarter of the 2011 -2012 school year. 1000 900 867 800 764 500 670 44% decrease 400 435 600 827 300 61% decrease 265 200 63% decrease 326 55% decrease 373 100 0 2012 Summer Institute Absenteeism Poor Behavior quarter one/two English Failure quarter three Math Failure

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 2012 Summer Institute • Pepsi. Co Foundation − Founding and i 3 match investor • United Way Worldwide − National partner • Glaxo. Smith. Kline − Philadelphia DN investor

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Fox News video from Detroit 2012 Summer Institute

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

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 2012 Summer Institute • 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

IMPACT OF ATTENDANCE ON ACHIEVEMENT 2012 Summer Institute

IMPACT OF ATTENDANCE ON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION & POSTSECONDARY ENROLLMENT 2012 Summer Institute

IF GRADUATION IS DETERMINED BY COURSE GRADES, WHAT AFFECTS GRADES? 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) 2012 Summer Institute – Student behaviors--absences and effort- explain an additional 61% (73% total)

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 2012 Summer Institute • Fifth was Teacher-Student relationships-This was three times as powerful as reducing class size

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 2012 Summer Institute • 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.

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: 2012 Summer Institute 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

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 2012 Summer Institute • Understand that the ABC’s drive student achievement and advancement

THE BOTTOM LINE Driving down off-track indicators increases achievement & graduation rates, driving up on-track indicators Good attendance, strong effort and good grades increases college success 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 2012 Summer Institute • Reception o Hear from our national leaders and national sponsors o Hyatt Atrium Lobby o 5: 30 -7: 00 pm o appetizers provided o cash bar available