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School Superintendents
Champions for Children and
Public Education
“The Superintendent is the voice for all the children in the community, including the many children that would have no voice if not for the Superintendent. Today, more than ever, America’s Superintendents have the awesome responsibility to protect public education from the private and political interests that regard our schools as investment opportunities for corporate gains rather than fostering the American tradition of an educated community that is the core of our democratic process.”
We are not falling behind, we are pulling apart.
Poverty is a Reality
Not an Excuse
Poverty is the single greatest factor limiting student achievement
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD
OUR UNFINISHED TASK:
15
MANY LOW-INCOME STUDENTS FAIL TO COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL
OUR UNFINISHED TASK:
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DISPARITIES IN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
OUR UNFINISHED TASK:
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ONLY 29% OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS GO TO COLLEGE
OUR UNFINISHED TASK:
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ONLY 9% OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS COMPLETE COLLEGE
Education is the key to breaking out of the poverty
cycle
Wisconsin -15.3%
The 5% of schools that the USDE wants identified as low performing are defining the remaining 95%, but those schools are doing better than ever!
The dropout rate has been declining since 1972
Status dropout rates of 16 through 24 year olds – Census Bureau
US Dept of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey
And high school completion rates have been trending up.
PROGRESS: RESULTS FOR STUDENTS
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THE HIGHEST HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE IN DECADES
PROGRESS: RESULTS FOR STUDENTS
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MORE HISPANIC STUDENTS ATTENDING COLLEGE
NAEP scores in 4th and 8th grade math have never been higher than
they are today!
NAEP scores in 4th and 8th grade reading have never been higher
than they are today!
Invest in the Young
Educating the total child. It’s
a community effort..
Any questions?Any questions?
Dan DomenechExecutive DirectorAASA: The School AASA: The School
Superintendents AssociationSuperintendents Association1615 Duke St.