Missing school matters kickoff Sept. 19, 2012

Central Texas Student Attendance Campaign

© 2012 E Alliance #missingschoolmatters

Suzanna Caballero
President & CEO, TCDC
Chair, AARO Community Accountability


Thanks to our Campaign Partners!


And to our Supporters!


The Problem

2.4
MILLION
Number of school days
Central Texas students
miss every year

$
34
MILLION
Amount of money Central Texas
school districts would gain if every
student attended just 3 more days

Students can learn more
TRIPLE
BOTTOM Teachers have more time to teach
LINE
Districts have increased revenue

Why are We Here?

Unlike teacher quality or curriculum,
communities can directly contribute to student
and district success by helping all of our students
be in school every day.


Susan Dawson
President & Executive Director
E3 Alliance


E3 Alliance is a Catalyst For Educational
Change in Central Texas

Mission
E3 Alliance uses objective data and focused
community collaboration to align our education
systems so all students succeed and lead
Central Texas to economic prosperity

E3 serves as the Central Texas
regional P-16 Council


“The Big Disconnect”
Global
Economy

Other
Nations
Performance

US
Education

Needs Gap
Competitive Gap

2011

Time
© 2009 E3 Alliance EC-10.08

Overall, too few students
• Graduate high school
• Go to college, and
• Get a post-secondary degree

To meet the needs of our region in a
globally competitive economy


Pop Quiz: Cost of Drop Outs
A conservative estimate of the cost to Central
Texas of a single class year of drop outs is:
A. A decked-out Lamborghini
B. Total gross of Celine Dion’s Las Vegas Show
C. The cost of the Long Center for the
Performing Arts
D. Annual budget of the UT Athletic Dept.


A conservative estimate of the cost to
Central Texas of a single year of dropouts
$430 million
Answer “B” is correct
Celine grossed $400 M over the life of her Vegas show

That would by almost FIVE Long Centers
Or FOUR UT Athletics Departments
Or 7,820 teachers!


E3 Alliance Cradle-to-Career Continuum
Goal One: Goal Two: Goal Three:
All children enter Kindergarten Eliminate achievement gaps while All students graduate college &
school ready improving overall student career ready & prepared for a
performance lifetime of learning

Early Pre-K & Elementary Middle High School Higher
Career & Life
Childhood Kindergarten Grades Grades Grades Education

Central Texas’ strategic plan to build the strongest educational pipeline in the
country
Goal Four:
As a community, Central Texas prepares children to succeed


Applying Collective Impact:
the Regional STEM Pipeline

• Projected 15,000 shortage of Eng/CompSci Workers
• Too few local students flow through STEM Pipeline
• Regional asset/gap analysis based on data


STEM Pipeline Collaborators


Enrollment in the STEM Pipeline Exploding!
7000
6398!!
6398

6000 ???
Central TX PLTW Enrollment

4891
5000

4000
3490
# PLTW Schools
53
3000

2290
2105
2000
1493

1000

12
0
2007-08 2009-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13

School Year


½ Central Texas Students Miss 6+ Days/Year
& Account for 85% of all Absences
Percentage of Students Percentage of Absences

85%
5 6 of Absences
or Fewer or More
Missed Days Missed Days
15%

Source: E3 Alliance analysis of PEIMS data at UT Education Research Center.


Central Texas has More Absences than
Texas at Every Grade- Especially in HS
Absences in 2009-10
14
Average Days Absent

12

10 +3 days
8

6 Central Texas
4 Texas

2

0
KG 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Grade

Retained Students had Four Times More
Absences
Absences for First Time 9th Graders in 2006-2007
25
Average Days Absent

20 24
15

10

5
6
0
Retained in 9th Promoted to 10th
Status in next school year (2007-8)


Students Retained in 9th Grade 10X More
Likely to Drop Out
Percentage of Cohort that Dropped Out
Percentage of 9th Grade Cohort

20%
18%
16%
18.3%
14% 10X
12%
10% Difference
8%
6%
4%
1.7%
2%
0%
Retained in 9th Promoted to 10th
Status in next school year (2007-8)


The Student Attendance “Ecosystem”
Students

Parents Educators

Improved
Attendance

Community
&
Employers
Faith-
based


Tim League
Founder, Alamo Drafthouse
Board Member, AARO


English PSA


Spanish PSA


We Need You!
• Our goal: increase student attendance by 2
percentage points (average 3 days/student)

MORE
STUDENTS
$
34
ACHIEVE MILLION

Sarah Harris
Founder, Incite
Vice President, Emmis Communications


Our Work in NYC: Wake Up!
• NYC Schools Attendance Challenge
• Mayor Bloomberg started WAKE UP! NYC to reach
the 250,000 NYC public school students who miss
a month or more of school each year.
• Results. Down by 24% over the previous year in
ten elementary schools and by 16% in eight
middle schools.


Get Schooled Central TX Attendance Challenge
• October 1st-November 30th
• Eight School Districts, representing 40,000+ students
• “Sizzle and substance” to engage and inspire more
students to attend school.
– GAME ON October 1 - October 19
– ON THE HUNT October 22 - November 2
– RECOGNIZE! November 5 - November 16
– WAKE UP! October 1 - November 30


Incite/Emmis Austin Radio Support
• 101X, BOB-FM, 107.1 LaZ
• Reaching 500,000+ Austinites
– Sept. 24th-Jan. 9th
– On-air, Streaming PSA’s
– Community Affairs Spotlight-LaZ
– On Site at Select Schools-LaZ
– Alamo Drafthouse Reward Event w/101X DJ’s


Radio Spot


Rick L’Amie
Communications Director
E3 Alliance


Take Action
• Now what?
• We need you
• www.missingschoolmatters.org
– Resources and information
– Communication toolkit
• Targeted messages and action steps
• Brochures/flyers
• Newsletter articles to cut and paste
• Register to get information


Take Action
• Like us on Facebook
• Follow on Twitter
• Write a blog
• Talk to your
neighbor, carpool, boss, c
hurch group, your kid, the
neighbors kid…
• Invite others!


The Big Idea
• We want to hear from you
– 10 minutes
– Share one takeaway
– Capture on index cards
– Circle your favorite
– Brainstorm more
– Report out: One Big Idea!


Bring Your Ideas Forward!


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© 2009 E3 Alliance

Find What You Need
• www.missingschoolmatters.org
• Facebook.com/missingschoolmatters
– Register for next 2 launch events 9/20 & 9/25!
• Twitter.com/missingmatters
• www.e3alliance.org
– New web site coming soon!
• www.getschooled.com


Spread the Word
• Kickoff Event Two
– Thursday, Sept 20th
– 4 - 5 pm
– Dell Round Rock Campus, Building 8
• Kickoff Event Three
– Tuesday, Sept. 25th
– 9 - 10 am
– LCRA Dalchau Service Center, Montopolis Drive
•

www.e3alliance.org


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