Civitan - June 14 Civitan - June 14 Wilmington, N.C.Wilmington, N.C.

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““If a Nation If a Nation

expects to be expects to be ignorant and free ignorant and free … it expects what … it expects what

never was never was and never will and never will

be.”be.”

MISSION MISSION

Empowering people regarding Empowering people regarding

K-12 education K-12 education Make the complex - easier to understandMake the complex - easier to understand

The AllianceThe Alliance

Publishes reports, articles, & editorials on K-12 Publishes reports, articles, & editorials on K-12 issuesissues

Hosts eventsHosts eventsManages website Manages website Emails weekly updatesEmails weekly updatesConsults parents, policy makers, educatorsConsults parents, policy makers, educatorsProvides speakers for civic organizationsProvides speakers for civic organizationsOversees policy in RaleighOversees policy in RaleighNetworks with other organizations Networks with other organizations

regarding education reformregarding education reform

The Alliance’s IssuesThe Alliance’s Issues

Student Achievement Student Achievement

Purpose of schools - education Purpose of schools - education Teacher QualityTeacher Quality

Single most important factorSingle most important factor FundingFunding

$525 Billion industry$525 Billion industry Educational FreedomEducational Freedom

Largest monopoly Largest monopoly

Students trapped in schoolsStudents trapped in schools

ACHIEVEMENTACHIEVEMENT National Assessment of Educational National Assessment of Educational

ProgressProgress

30% proficient30% proficient Graduation Rate -Graduation Rate - 71% Nationally 71% Nationally

67% NC 67% NC

NC African American Male - 42% NC African American Male - 42%

Engineering & Science Engineering & Science BS/BA Degrees as a % of all Bachelor BS/BA Degrees as a % of all Bachelor

DegreesDegrees

SingaporeSingapore 68% 68%

ChinaChina 58% 58%

South Korea 36%South Korea 36%

U. K.U. K. 28% 28%

SwedenSweden 24% 24%

USUS 17% 17%

TEACHER QUALITYTEACHER QUALITY

Tenure Tenure

Licensure & Licensure & CertificationCertification

Pay scale Pay scale

FUNDINGFUNDING

Money matters Money matters

but how youbut how you

SPENDSPEND

money matters moremoney matters more

Government Government EducationEducation

Bureaucratic Bureaucratic

PoliticalPolitical

MonopolyMonopoly

EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL FREEDOMFREEDOM

Attaching money to aAttaching money to a studentstudent

rather than a rather than a systemsystem..

Florida’s Rally - March Florida’s Rally - March ‘04‘04

South Carolina 2004South Carolina 2004

SolutionsSolutions

Empower parents, teachers, policy Empower parents, teachers, policy makers with knowledgemakers with knowledge

Empower parents with financial Empower parents with financial assistanceassistance

Provide competition between Provide competition between providersproviders

VOTE TO MAKE IT HAPPENVOTE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN

Contact information:Contact information:

Lindalyn KakadelisLindalyn Kakadelis

704-231-9767704-231-9767

lkakadelis@nceducationalliance.orglkakadelis@nceducationalliance.org

www.nceducationalliance.orgwww.nceducationalliance.org