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PTA’s Great Transformation Byron V. Garrett Chief Executive Officer National PTA

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PTA’s Great Transformation. Byron V. Garrett Chief Executive Officer National PTA. “Never doubt that a group of committed citizens can change the world, indeed it's the only thing that ever has!” - Margaret Mead. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: PTA’s Great Transformation

PTA’s Great TransformationByron V. Garrett

Chief Executive OfficerNational PTA

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“Never doubt that a group of committed citizens can

change the world, indeed it's the only thing that ever has!”

- Margaret Mead

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In the words of young people today, we’re often imitated, but never duplicated. Because of this great transformation, we must engage in ways we’ve

never done before.

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Standard One:

Welcoming ALL

Families

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Just because they don’t know our

history doesn’t mean they’re not able to help write the next

chapter of it.

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What matters most is one’s

commitment to success for all

children.

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It’s criminal to condemn an child to a life that goes

from cradle to prison because we lose sight of what

really matters.

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"I feel like I was cheated of my education.”-- Wayne Knowland, 2010

A Diploma I Can’t Read

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5The number of teens who will drop out in the next

two minutes.

1,710Number of high school dropout during all four

General Meetings

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America Cannot Survive

Half-Educated

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“Whatever your life’s work is…you should do

your job so well, the living – the dead and the

unborn could do it no better”

- Martin Luther King