Reforming High School for
College and Career Success
Bob Wise
President, Alliance for Excellent Education
November 17, 2014
@bobwise48 @all4ed
FORTUNE 500 MOST VALUED SKILLS
1970
Writing
Computational Skills
1
Reading Skills
3
Oral Communications
4
Listening Skills
5
Personal Career Development
6
Creative Thinking
7
Leadership
8
Goal Setting/Motivation
9
Teamwork
10
Organizational Effectiveness
11
Problem Solving
12
Interpersonal Skills
13
2
1999
Changes in demand for skills
Mean task input in percentiles of 1960 task distribution
70
66.4
65
66.1
64.2
63.3
62.4
60.8
60
66.7
63.9
57.9
57.5
55
55.3
50
53.2
51.5
49.9
50.0
54.9
52.6
51.2
47.0
46.9
47.6
46
45.2
45
43.0
43.8
42.6
42.5
45.2
43.1
41
40
39.5
Routine manual
Routine cognitive
Nonroutine interpersonal
35
1960
1970
1980
Nonroutine manual
Nonroutine analytic
1990
2000
2006
2009
Source: Author, David H. and Brendan M. Price. 2013. "The Changing Task Composition of the US Labor Market: An Update of Author, Levy,
and Murnane (2003)." MIT Mimeograph, June.
Current Performance
Graduation Rates, Class of 2011
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
90%
100%
77%
ALL STUDENTS
79%
85%
WHITE
84%
49%
BLACK
67%
51%
HISPANIC
71%
72%
ASIAN
AMERICAN INDIAN
80%
87%
42%
64%
Minnesota
United States
Source: “Minnesota High Schools,” www.all4ed.org, Editorial Projects in Education Research Center, Diplomas Count: 2012
Changing Demographics Have Changed the Game
40%-49%
50%+
It’s Happening in Minnesota
Pre-school age population diversifying
What’s At Stake
Auto Sales
$8.1
million
Annual Earnings
$81
million
Home Sales
$180 million
90%
New Jobs
graduation
rate in MN
650
State/Local
Tax Revenue
Annual
Spending
$58
million
Annual Gross
Regional Product
$107 million
Federal Tax
Revenue
$9.4
$13
million
million
Higher
Expectations
Budget
Pressures
Drivers of
Change
Technology
Demands on
Teachers
Higher
Expectations
 College- and Career-Ready
Expectations for All
 Valid concerns about over emphasis on testing
 CCSSO announced in October states will audit their
testing systems and eliminate unnecessary tests
 Don’t Throw Out the Baby with the Bathwater


Parents want to know how THEIR child is doing
Vital data for school and school system
Higher
Expectations
Use Powerful Data:
On-Track 9th Grade, Chicago
On-Track Makes a Difference
75%
70%
ON-TRACK
5
65%
60%
Full-year course credits
No more
than
1
F grade in a
core course
55%
50%
Class of Class of Class of Class of Class of Class of Class of
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
District On-Track Rate
District Graduation Rate
Black Students Graduation Rate
Hispanic Students Graduation Rate
Low-Income Students Graduation Rate
www.plan4progress.org
Student
Learning
Technology
Technology
Are You Future Ready?
www.futurereadyschools.org
www.plan4progress.org
Technology
Do You Have the Broadband
You Need?
Tell @FCC: Act now to
ensure #internet4schools
www.99in5.org
Where It’s Working: Talladega, Alabama
Winterboro High School
2008
2012
100%
86%
90%
88%
80%
Free/Reduced Lunch
70%
60%
48%
African-American
88%
85%
71%
66%
66%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Graduation Rate
Black Students
Poor Students
Proficient in Math Proficient in Math
Where It’s Working: Deeper Learning
Arkadelphia H.S. Arkansas
2009
90%
80%
70%
87%
80%
80%
74%
70%
60%
50%
38%
30%
41%
20%
0%
Graduation Rates
Poor Students
10%
Black Students
Free and Reduced
Lunch
50%
40%
All Students
46%
64%
60%
Black Students
Students of Color
100%
All Students
40%
2012
Proficiency, EOC
Algebra
Where It’s Working: Linked Learning
Porterville, CA
86%
low-income students
& students of color
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Math Proficiency, CAHSEE, 2010-2011
50%
Overall high
school
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Low-Income
Students
HispanIc
Students
Migrant
Students
Graduation Rate, Porterville
Graduation Rate, Statewide
Linked Learning
Pathways
www.all4ed.org
Technology
www.digitallearningday.org
March 13, 2015