ensuring access and opportunities for all students school reform a catalyst for partnerships

Ensuring Access and Opportunities for All Students

School Reform A Catalyst for Partnerships

When the world is flat...

Whatever can be done, it will be done. Thomas Friedman

The future belongs to those who believe

in the beauty of their dreams.

Eleanor Roosevelt

There is one thing worse than not being able to see.

Being able to see, but having no vision.

Helen Keller

Vision without funding is just a hallucination.

Henry Ford

Rigor

Relevancy

Relationships

Dropouts cost our nation more than $260 billion in lost wages, lost taxes, and

lost productivity over their lifetimes.

Secretary of Education Spellings

The education pipeline loses young people at many points along the path.

For every 10 who start H.S.

Fewer than 7 will get a diploma in 4 years

4 will enroll in college the fall semester after graduation

Fewer than 2 will complete a 2 or 4 year degree within 150% of the required time.

Breakthrough Schools

Breaking Ranks II

Breaking Ranks in the Middle

Ensuring a range of options and programs for all students.

Support for At-Risk Students

Guiding Principles for Business and

School Partnerships

A How-To Guide for

School-Business Partnerships

A How-To Guide for School/Business Partnerships

Preliminary PlanningLaying the FoundationImplementationSustaining Partnership Over TimeEvaluation

www.corpschoolpartners.org

An Exploratory Study of the Relationship of School-Business Partnerships and Developmental Assets to School Success Among

Urban High School Students

A Search Institute Report Submitted to the National Association of Partners in

Education (NAPE)

Risk Behavior Patterns by Partnership Exposure (%)

3836

22 24 24

9

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Low Exposure High Exposure

Alcohol UseDrinking/DrivingDiscipline Problems

Student Thriving Outcomes by Partnership Exposure (%)

5

70

36

51

21

85

52

79

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

Low Exposure High Exposure

Exhibiting Leadership Maintaining HealthValuing Diversity School Success

Student Positive Outcomes by Partnership Exposure (%)

5658 57

68

77 78 77

88

50

60

70

80

90

Low Exposure High Exposure

Improved ReadingImproved WritingImproved Math SkillsImproved Problem Solving

Student DisciplineReferrals & Suspensions

Dropout Percentage Rate

Honor Roll Percent of Students Enrolled

The bend in the road is not the end of the road,

unless you fail to make the turn.