the academy plan
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Ending Generational Poverty Through Education
It’s Not Them, It’s Us
Collaborate and Coordinate Across the Entire Community Development Spectrum
According to an analysis conducted by McKinsey and Company, the achievement gap reduces American output by as much as $500 billion each year, the equivalent of a permanent national recession.
Reinforcement Of Negative Stereotypes Leading To Generational Poverty And Criminal
Behavior.
Decades Of Systemic Under Education Of Free Lunch Students
Has Resulted In A Culture Steeped In Hopelessness, Limited Opportunities For
Advancement And
There Are Two Very Significant Problems We Believe Need To Be Addressed To Meet Our Long Range Goal.
• Those in power have created systemic limitations that greatly affect black and Latino residents.
•Over time, the culture of the community has become negative and self-defeating.
Those Affected Most
Project Target Population:• School-Age children Grades 6-
8• Children Living in Poverty• Minority Populations
Lee County, Fl.:• Up to 57%+ of Free Lunch 6-8 graders failing math or
reading• 69% Of Minority Population Economically Distressed• 50% Drop Out Rate For Free Lunch Students• Race Remains An Important Social Factor In
Understanding Disparities In Education, Employment, Health, Income…life!• Lee County – 55% Minority Population in
Schools
Math 2014 FCAT Grade 6Grade 7Grade 8Free Lunch Students 4292 4314 4118% Failing 47% 51% 51%# Failing 2017 2200 2100
Reading 2014 FCAT
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9
Grade 10
Free Lunch Students 4314 4118 3588 3481% Failing 47% 51% 57% 58%# Of Children 2028 2100 2045 2019
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
7% 8% 8%
Free Lunch Math StudentsLevel 5 Achievement
Math Level 5
Achievement
Do What WorksNo Need to Reinvent The Wheel. Learn From The Wildly Successful Program Run By Geoffrey Canada At The Harlem Children’s Zone, Data From Studies Focused On The
Academic Divide And Applied The Concepts Here!
HCZ Five Tenets of Highly Effective NYC Charters
“In stark contrast to conventional wisdom, we found that traditionally collected input measures, such as class size and teacher qualifications,
are not correlated with school effectiveness.”The Education Innovation Laboratory
At Harvard University1. An extended school day and year,2. The use of data to drive instruction,3. Devotion to high-quality human
capital,4. A culture of high expectations, and5. Small group tutoring.
http://edlabs.harvard.edu/closing-achievement-gap/five-tenets-highly-effective-nyc-charters
Reset the Goals and Expectation• Present environments focused on Academic
Excellence Not Remedial Training
• Pre And Post Assessments Plus Customized Online Curriculum
• Train new teachers who understand the power of enthusiasm, engagement, excellence
• Expect Excellence Everyday, In All Things
• Short Term, Real World Motivators
• Meet Once Per Week In Groups Of 12 Or Less Students
100%The Percentage of
Participating Children Who Exceeded Grade Level Requirements in the 12 week program
Exit and Expansion StrategyGoals: 2016-2017 • Broaden the base – Include Housing
Authority students
• Collect empirical data to document how the NEW system works
• Prepare the data such that we are prepared to demand DOE funding
• Attract, train and retain quality personnel and management
2015 2016 2017 201812 50 200 Lee County
2015 Test Program Participants
What Does Success Look Like?
•2018 - DOE Funds Afterschool Programs Based On Acquired Data Serving all of Lee County•Approximately 6,000 6-8th Grade Students A Year Well
Above Grade Level•4x Increase In The Number Of Honor And Advanced
Placement, Free Lunch Students Entering H.S. in 2019
The Facts Affecting Everyone in the County• Escalating murder rate
• County tax dollars spent on high cost of policing, incarceration, rehab programs, welfare, public housing and other services for the impoverished
• Poor National Reputation (lower property values, limits economic development, reduces tourism)
• Growing anger and frustration likely to cause bad behavior to spread across the tracks
