Say Yes to Education & Whole City

Reform

Breakout Session

Mary Anne Schmitt-Carey, PresidentGene Chasin, Chief Operating Officer

Say Yes to Education, Inc.

The Challenge

• “The United States higher education system is becoming less of a meritocracy. In the last decade, the percentage of students from families at the highest income levels who got a bachelor’s degree has grown to 82 percent, while for those at the bottom it has fallen to just 8 percent.”– Jeff Selingo, editor at large of The

Chronicle of Higher Education, from his forthcoming book, “College (Un)bound: The Future of Higher Education and What it Means for Students.”

Say Yes’ Central GoalTo ensure college and career readiness at scale,

sustained over the long term throughout communities.

1. Scholarship Incentive—Public and private college scholarships.

2. Systems and Structures—Cross sector and cross government collaboration to develop civic infrastructure aligned to post-secondary completion goal. Say Yes serves as an honest broker and facilitator to initiate and guide this process.

3. Student Supports—Comprehensive and coordinated student and family supports to address academic, social/emotional, health, and financial needs.

Say Yes’ Three Levers for Change

College Readiness Indicators

Evidence-based Say Yes Student Management System, adaptable to local contexts, tracks a strategic set of academic, social/emotional, and health indicators, leading to:

o Targeted coordination of comprehensive services and supports at the student level

o Informed school- and district-level programming, combined with Say Yes’ aligned evidence-based program

Say Yes to EducationStudent Management System Inputs

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM*Research Based

Indicators that track to post secondary readiness

*AIR developed algorithms

*Technology based interactive system

School District data

Attendance, grades, discipline,

test scores

Parent surveys

Teachers surveysStudent surveys

Other Provider

input

Say Yes to EducationStudent Management System Outputs

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM*Research Based

Indicators that track to post secondary readiness

*AIR developed algorithms

*Technology based interactive system

Individual Student Growth Plans including interventions

Reports on the effectiveness of interventions by

provider and specific

Aggregate reports that support

planning at the class, grade,

school, district, and community level

Say Yes’ Key Levers for Change: Comprehensive Student and Family Supports

Local Civic Infrastructure

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2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-1330,500

31,000

31,500

32,000

32,500

33,000

33,500

34,000

32,732 32,607

31,590

32,719

33,400

Buffalo District Enrollment PK-12

Source: Buffalo Public School District

2012-13 Data will be verified by NYS

in Spring 2014

PRELIMINARY

Buffalo Four-Year High School Graduation Rates

Sources: New York State Education Department and Buffalo Public School District

2012-13 Data will be verified by NYS

in Spring 2014

PRELIMINARY

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-130%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

57%50%

55%48%

56%

Dropout Rate0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

30% 29%23%

2011 2012 2013

Buffalo High School Dropout Rate

Sources: New York State Education Department and Buffalo Public School District

2012-13 Data will be verified by NYS

in Spring 2014

PRELIMINARY