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Preparing Students for
Their Future – The Role
and Best Practices of
School Boards
Bill Daggett
Founder and Chairman
August 21, 2015
Growing Gap
School
Improvement
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Growing Gap
School
Improvement
Reading Study Summary
Interquartile Ranges Shown (25% - 75%)
Text Lexile Measure (L)
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
High
School
Literature
College
Literature
High
School
Textbooks
College
Textbooks
Military
Personal
Use
Entry-Level
Occupations
SAT 1,
ACT,
AP*
Source: National Test Data, MetaMetrics
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Grade 4 Reading Proficiency
MA
234
TN
170
Grade 8 Reading Proficiency
MO
267
TX
201
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Grade 4 Math Proficiency
MA
255
TN
195
Grade 8 Math Proficiency
MA
300
TN
229
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Growing Gap
School
Improvement
Growing Gap
School
Improvement
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Growing Gap
School
Improvement
Systemwide Focus
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Organizational Leadership
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Culture Trumps Strategy
(Do you have a plan?)
Two Approaches to
School Improvement
Fixed Mindset (Quad A/C)
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Two Approaches to
School Improvement
Fixed Mindset
Growth Mindset Begin with an Instructional Framework 11
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Application Model
1. Knowledge in one discipline
2. Application within discipline
3. Application across disciplines
4. Application to real‐world predictable situations
5. Application to real‐world unpredictable situations
Knowledge Taxonomy
1. Remembering
2. Understanding
6.
3. Applying
5.
4. Analyzing
5. Evaluating
4.
6. Creating
1.
2.
3.
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Levels
6
5
4
3
2
1
Rigor
1
C
D
A
B
2
3
4
5
Relevance
Rigor / Relevance Framework
6
5
4
3
2
1
1
2
3
4
5
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Analyze the graphs of the perimeters
and areas of squares having differentlength sides.
Determine the number of solutions for
three different equations.
Identify coordinates for ordered pairs
that satisfy an algebraic relation or
function.
Determine and justify the similarity or
congruence for two geometric shapes.
Represent fractions on a number line.
Classify triangles according to angle
size and/or length of sides.
Calculate volume of simple threedimensional shapes.
Given the coordinates of a
quadrilateral, plot the quadrilateral on
a grid.
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Obtain historical data about local
weather to predict the chance of snow,
rain, or sun during year.
Test consumer products and illustrate
the data graphically.
Plan a large school event and
calculate resources (food,
decorations, etc.) you need to
organize and hold this event.
Design a new currency and trading
rules for an online game.
Draw a timeline of your life
accomplishments.
Calculate the incline of a new
handicap ramp to be installed at the
front entrance of the school.
Determine the median and mode of
weather data from the past week.
Organize and display collected data,
using appropriate tables, charts, or
graphs.
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Rigor / Relevance Framework
6
• Represent fractions on a number line.
5 • Classify triangles according to angle
and/or length of sides.
4 • size
Calculate volume of simple threeshapes.
3 • dimensional
Given the coordinates of a
quadrilateral, plot the quadrilateral on
2
a grid.
1
1
2
3
4
5
Rigor / Relevance Framework
6
• Draw a timeline of your life
5
accomplishments.
• Calculate the incline of a new handicap
4
ramp to be installed at the front entrance of
the school.
•
Determine
the median and mode of
3
weather data from the past week.
and display collected data, using
2 • Organize
appropriate tables, charts, or graphs.
1
1
2
3
4
5
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Levels
6
5
4
3
2
1
1
C
D
A
B
2
3
4
5
Relevance
College Ready (College Prep)
Rigor
Rigor
C
D
A
B
Relevance
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Rigor
Job Ready (CTE)
C
D
A
B
Relevance
Rigor
Career Ready
C
D
A
B
Relevance
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Levels
6
5
4
3
2
1
Rigor
1
C
D
A
B
2
3
4
5
Relevance
Two Approaches to
School Improvement
Fixed Mindset (Quad A/C)
C
D
A
B
C
D
A
B
Growth Mindset (Quad B/D)
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WHY
WHAT
WHY
WHAT
HOW
HOW
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Fundamental Shift
Those Schools that pull students out of Art, Music, Physical Education, and CTE for remediation have a fixed (A/C) mindset
Source: Better and Faster, Jeremy Gutsche
Fundamental Shift
Schools that drive academics into Art, Music, Physical Education, and CTE – as well as – drive Art, Music, Physical Education and CTE into academics have a growth (B/D) mindset
Source: Better and Faster, Jeremy Gutsche
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Practices
• Looping
• Department Chairs
• Professional Learning Communities
• Reading
• Writing Intensive
• Iphone
• 1/3
Practices
• Constant Search for Innovative Best Practices
• Redefined Community
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Changing Neighborhoods
Source: The Vanishing Neighbor
Networked Communities
Social media is creating a new sense of ‘community’ tied together by common interests and not physical proximity to each other
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Ideological Monolithic Communities Fixed Mindset schools
have doubled down
on the past
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Fixed Mindset schools
have doubled down
on the past
Technology is transforming
Growth Mindset Schools
Gamification
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Gaming is increasingly
being built based upon
brain research
Gamification
Engaging
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Gamification
Engaging
Personalized
Gamification
Engaging
Personalized
Built on Growth Model
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Gaming
• Work hard and can postpone immediate
pleasures
• Not derailed by difficulties
• Seek out challenges
• Remain engaged over long haul
Gamification
Engaging
Personalized
Built on Growth Model
Tied to Standards
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Gamification
Engaging
Personalized
Built on Growth Model
Tied to Standards
Merging with Online Providers
The Military and
the Corporate
world are
increasingly
moving to game
technology for
training
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Districts Need a Gamification,
Online, and Digital Literacy Policy
and Plan
Stride Academy
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Stride Academy/USNH
Culture Trumps Strategy
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The Latest Solution
Becomes the
Newest Enemy Do your schools need an initiative/program
OR
a Lifestyle Change
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Larger Context
I Am Increasingly Worried
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Percentage of Teachers
Satisfied with Teaching
2008
2014
65%
38%
Source : Fullan, M. and Langworthy, M. New Pedagogies for Deep Learning
Larger Context
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$
Household Income
Where do you fall?
Household Income
$
$12,000
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Source:
80%
90%
100%
New York Times Analysis of University of Minnesota Population Center Data
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Household Income
$12,000
10%
$
$25,000
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
25%
Source:
New York Times Analysis of University of Minnesota Population Center Data
Household Income
$12,000
10%
$51,000
$25,000
20%
30%
25%
$
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
50%
Source:
New York Times Analysis of University of Minnesota Population Center Data
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Household Income
$12,000
10%
$51,000
$25,000
20%
30%
40%
25%
$
$90,000
50%
60%
70%
50%
80%
90%
100%
75%
Source:
New York Times Analysis of University of Minnesota Population Center Data
Household Income
$140,000
$188,000
$
$12,000
10%
$51,000
$25,000
20%
30%
25%
40%
$90,000
50%
60%
70%
50%
80%
75%
Source:
90%
100%
90%
New York Times Analysis of University of Minnesota Population Center Data
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Household Income
$188,000
$140,000
$12,000
10%
$51,000
$25,000
20%
30%
25%
40%
$400,000
$
$90,000
50%
60%
70%
50%
80%
75%
90%
100%
90%
95%
Source:
New York Times Analysis of University of Minnesota Population Center Data
Retirement Savings
Less than $10,000
50%
White households Sources:
Time, May 18, 2015 National Institute on Retirement Security 36
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Retirement Savings
Less than $10,000
50%
White households 75%
Black
households Sources:
Time, May 18, 2015 National Institute on Retirement Security Retirement Savings
Less than $10,000
50%
White households 75%
80%
Hispanic
households Black
households Sources:
Time, May 18, 2015 National Institute on Retirement Security 37
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Support Ratio
Sources:
U.S. Census Bureau, New QuickFacts, Jan 7, 2011 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Under 18
23.3%
74.2M
Support Ratio
Sources:
U.S. Census Bureau, New QuickFacts, Jan 7, 2011 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 38
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Under 18
23.3%
74.2M
Support 14.1%
Ratio
45M
Over 65
Sources:
U.S. Census Bureau, New QuickFacts, Jan 7, 2011 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics From Pyramid to Rectangle
Male
Population Age
Female
85+
80 ‐ 84
75 ‐ 79
70 ‐ 74
65 ‐ 69
60 ‐ 64
55 ‐ 59
50 ‐ 54
45 ‐ 49
40 ‐ 44
35 ‐ 39
30 ‐ 34
25 ‐ 29
20 ‐ 24
15 ‐ 19
10 ‐ 14
5 ‐ 9
0 ‐ 4
6
5
4
3
2
Percentage of total population
1
0
0
1960
1
2
3
4
5
6
Percentage of total population
Baby Boom
Source: https://www.census.gov/population/international/files/97agewc.pdf
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From Pyramid to Rectangle
Male
Population Age
Female
85+
80 ‐ 84
75 ‐ 79
70 ‐ 74
65 ‐ 69
60 ‐ 64
55 ‐ 59
50 ‐ 54
45 ‐ 49
40 ‐ 44
35 ‐ 39
30 ‐ 34
25 ‐ 29
20 ‐ 24
15 ‐ 19
10 ‐ 14
5 ‐ 9
0 ‐ 4
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
0
1
1990
Percentage of total population
2
3
4
5
6
Percentage of total population
Baby Boom
Source: https://www.census.gov/population/international/files/97agewc.pdf
From Pyramid to Rectangle
Male
Population Age
Female
85+
80 ‐ 84
75 ‐ 79
70 ‐ 74
65 ‐ 69
60 ‐ 64
55 ‐ 59
50 ‐ 54
45 ‐ 49
40 ‐ 44
35 ‐ 39
30 ‐ 34
25 ‐ 29
20 ‐ 24
15 ‐ 19
10 ‐ 14
5 ‐ 9
0 ‐ 4
6
5
4
3
2
Percentage of total population
1
0
0
2020
1
2
3
4
5
6
Percentage of total population
Baby Boom
Source: https://www.census.gov/population/international/files/97agewc.pdf
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Under 18
23.3%
74.2M
Support 14.1%
Ratio
45M
Over 65
Sources:
U.S. Census Bureau, New QuickFacts, Jan 7, 2011 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 45 Million and Growing
To 80 Million in 2030
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18 – 65 Year Olds Not in Full Time Employment
127 Million and Growing
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Under 18
23.3%
74.2 M
Support 14.1%
Ratio
45 M
39.7%
18 ‐ 65
Over 65
127 M
• Not employed full‐time
• More than half receive government assistance
Sources:
U.S. Census Bureau, New QuickFacts, Jan 7, 2011 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Under 18
23.3%
74.2 M
Subtotal
246.2 M
77.1%
Support 14.1%
Ratio
45 M
39.7%
18 ‐ 65
Over 65
127 M
• Not employed full‐time
• More than half receive government assistance
Sources:
U.S. Census Bureau, New QuickFacts, Jan 7, 2011 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 43
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Under 18
Public Employment
23.3%
74.2 M
7%
22.4 M
Subtotal
246.2 M
77.1%
Support 14.1%
Ratio
45 M
39.7%
Over 65
127 M
18 ‐ 65
Not in FT Employment and over half of whom receive Government assistance
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, New QuickFacts, Jan 7, 2011
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Total
268.6 M
84.1%
Under 18
Public Employment
23.3%
74.2 M
7%
Subtotal
246.2 M
77.1%
22.4 M
Support 14.1%
Ratio
45 M
39.7%
18 ‐ 65
Over 65
127 M
Not in FT Employment and over half of whom receive Government assistance
Sources:
U.S. Census Bureau, New QuickFacts, Jan. 7, 2011 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 44
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Total
303.6 M
91%
Public Employment
Under 18
23.3%
7%
74.2 M
22.4 M
Subtotal
281.2 M
84%
Support Ratio
39.7%
18 ‐ 65
21%
80M
Over 65
127 M
Not in FT Employment and over half of whom receive Government assistance
Sources:
U.S. Census Bureau, New QuickFacts, Jan. 7, 2011 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Sources:
U.S. National Debt Clock
http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock
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National Debt from 1940 to
Present
Sources:
U.S. National Debt Clock
http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock
U.S. Obligations
• National Debt ‐ $18.3 Trillion
• Obligations via Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid ‐$205 Trillion
• 12 times Nation’s GDP
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Underfunded State Pension Funds
• $5 Trillion
127 Million and Growing
They need to go to work!!!
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They are both our responsibility and
our solution
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