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Challenges and Changes for Culturally Responsive

Schools

What does the future require?

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Today's graduates need to be critical thinkers, problem solvers, collaborators and effective communicators

What colleges are seeing

American high schools in general fail to prepare students for post-secondary work

A high school degree no longer demonstrates that a graduate is ready for college

Diploma to NowhereStrong American Schools

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Percentage of college students needing

remediation In 2004

2-year colleges – 43% 4 –year colleges – 29% 64% who are enrolled in one remedial

course have to take more than one

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ESL students are even less-well prepared

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Cost of remediation

At a cost of $1600 - $2,500/student Total Cost of remediation = @ $2.31 -

$2.89 billion dollars

Impact on Students

Dropping out Dismay Discouragement Disillusionment

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Impact on our future

?

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Two Main Contributing Factors

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Mismatch between what K-12 teachers think and what

colleges expect

Conflicting Mental Models

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Policy Makers

Educators

Ways to demonstrate improvement

STOP!