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Turning Around America s Failing Schools: Bold Opportunities for Education Funders January 14, 2010

John Branam GFE Director of Programs. 2. . Upcoming GFE events. Innovation Member Briefing (April 8-9, 2010). 3. . Upcoming GFE events. Innovation Member Briefing (April 8-9)College Success Member Briefing (May 20-21). 4. . Upcoming GFE events. Innovation Member Briefing (April 8-9)College Success Member Briefing (May 2010)ELL Web seminar (April 2010)

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Turning Around America s Failing Schools: Bold Opportunities for Education Funders January 14, 2010

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    1. Turning Around America’s Failing Schools: Bold Opportunities for Education Funders January 14, 2010

    2. John Branam GFE Director of Programs 2 Welcome everyone – it really is fantastic to have each of you with us on today’s web seminar entitled: “Turning Around America’s Failing Schools: Bold Opportunities for Education Funders.” My name is John Branam and I’m Grantmakers for Education’s Director of Programs. Before we start the web seminar, I’d like to talk a little about our organization. GFE’s mission is to strengthen philanthropy's capacity to improve education outcomes for all students. We work diligently to ensure our members become more efficient and effective grantmakers - and each of us do so by offering a variety of robust place-based and e-based programming. Welcome everyone – it really is fantastic to have each of you with us on today’s web seminar entitled: “Turning Around America’s Failing Schools: Bold Opportunities for Education Funders.” My name is John Branam and I’m Grantmakers for Education’s Director of Programs. Before we start the web seminar, I’d like to talk a little about our organization. GFE’s mission is to strengthen philanthropy's capacity to improve education outcomes for all students. We work diligently to ensure our members become more efficient and effective grantmakers - and each of us do so by offering a variety of robust place-based and e-based programming.

    3. Upcoming GFE events Innovation Member Briefing (April 8-9, 2010) 3

    4. Upcoming GFE events Innovation Member Briefing (April 8-9) College Success Member Briefing (May 20-21) 4

    5. Upcoming GFE events Innovation Member Briefing (April 8-9) College Success Member Briefing (May 2010) ELL Web seminar (April 2010) & ELL Member Briefing (June 22-23) 5

    6. Upcoming GFE events Innovation Member Briefing (April 8-9) College Success Member Briefing (May 2010) ELL Web seminar (April 2010) & ELL Member Briefing (June 22-23) Annual conference (October 26-29) 6

    7. www.edfunders.org 7

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    11. Cristina de Jesus Brian Sims Jordan Meranus Scott Gordon

    12. Jordan Meranus NewSchools Venture Fund 12

    13. Turning Around Failing Schools Grantmakers for Education January 14, 2009

    14. NewSchools Venture Fund Context Mission: To transform public education through powerful ideas and passionate entrepreneurs so that all children – especially those in underserved communities – have the opportunity to succeed Model: Investing in early-stage entrepreneurial organizations – both for-profit and nonprofit – and providing them with board-level management assistance Connecting these entrepreneurs: With one another, which strengthens their work With the wider field of education reform, which accelerates systems change 14

    15. The School Turnaround Need is Tremendous Nationally: Over 5,000 schools, or 5% of the total, are now in “Restructuring” under NCLB by 2009-2010. In 2010 the number of schools in restructuring increased by 28% from 2009, and an alarming 118% from 2008. In large urban areas, failing schools comprise up to 22% of the total 15

    16. School Turnaround: What are We Aiming At? 16

    17. Vision: An Emerging Market 17

    18. Three Leading Edge Organizations 18

    19. Speakers 19

    20. Cristina de Jesus Brian Sims Scott Gordon 20

    21. Brian Sims Academy for Urban School Leadership 21

    22. Organizational Name: AUSL Background 14 Schools (6 training academies, 8 turnarounds), 7500 students, 407 teachers First training academy opened in 2001; first turnaround opened in 2006 AUSL budget $13M Model Urban Teacher Residency (UTR) for teacher pipeline Strong partnership with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Autonomy to manage schools as a quasi “district within the district” Codification of school turnaround process 22

    23. Closing The Achievement Gap: Example 23

    24. Organizational Name: AUSL Mini-Case Study Orr Academy High School Pre-turnaround (2008): three small schools; flat scores for decades; Mayor’s adopted school Post-turnaround (2009): attendance, safety, scholarships, and college-going rates all up; Reading scores doubled; math and science scores declined Growth/Next Steps Pre-approved for six more turnaround schools for September 2010 Awarded Department of Education grant to expand UTR and leadership pipeline 24

    25. 25 Cristina de Jesus Green Dot Public Schools

    26. Green Dot Public Schools: Overview Background Founded in 2000 and focused on independent charter high schools until 2008 Did first school turnaround at Locke High School in the fall of 2008 19 public charter schools in Los Angeles serving 8,500 students Turnaround Model The turnaround presented 150 issues that were departures from our single school model Used a phase-in by grade model Large school was divided into 9 small schools All teachers and administrators reapplied for jobs 26

    27. Green Dot Public Schools: Overview Locke High School At A Glance: 2007-2008 & 2008-2009 In 2008-2009, the Locke Cluster completed the academic year with 532 more students than the previous year. The attendance rate at Locke rose from 77.8% in 2007-08 to 89.3% in 2008-09. In 2008-2009, the number of graduates increased by 43% when compared to the previous year. The API score at Locke increased by 24 points in 2008-2009. In 2008-2009, over 85% of parents surveyed felt Locke provided a safe environment, worked well within the community and offered access to a better education than a traditional public school. Growth/Next Steps Look for ways to revise components of our “transition/phase-out” school model for next turnaround Focus more diligently on improving instruction and academic interventions at Locke 27

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    30. Mastery Charter Schools Who We Are 4 schools in Philadelphia 2,100 students in grades 7-12 Turnarounds 3 of 4 Mastery schools are turnarounds of District middle schools 2nd most violent school in Philadelphia bottom 10% academic performance 33% student turnover Same kids but 100% new Mastery staff & management Results 52 pt avg increase in standardized test scores: all grades & subjects 80% decrease in violence 1/3rd drop in student turnover 30

    31. Closing The Achievement Gap: Example 31

    32. Mastery Charter Schools Model College expectations – no excuses Train, supervise, & reward teacher talent ? performance-based pay Data driven management Tight, singular school culture Example: Pickett Campus Pre-turnaround: 7% proficiency in 7th grade 22% special education 2 years post turnaround: 54 percentage point increase in math, 49 point increase in reading Future Create urgency & eliminate excuses ? IT CAN BE DONE. Change culture of the field ? modern management applied to education Seek 2010 turnaround opportunities in Philadelphia region 32

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    34. NewSchools Innovation Fund: School Turnarounds 34

    35. NewSchools Innovation Fund: School Turnarounds The goal of the NewSchools Innovation Fund (NewSchools Fund IV) is to build entrepreneurial organizations that together can close the achievement gap for underserved students through innovative and aligned work in people, tools and schools. Within that larger context, we are raising a School Turnaround Fund, to focus on a set of investments that turnaround failing schools Goal of School Turnaround Fund Build the turnaround marketplace by increasing the supply of turnaround school management organizations Potential Structure Foundations and donors “buy-in” to the fund at specified amount Investment decisions below a threshold investment amount made by NewSchools team; decisions above that level taken to “investment strategy group” made up of funders Investment Strategy Group enables shared learning, collaboration among funders, and decision authority for major investments 35

    36. “We need everyone who cares about public education to take on the toughest assignment of all and get in the business of turning around our lowest-performing schools, which includes states, districts, non-profits, for-profits, universities, unions, and charter organizations.” -Secretary Arne Duncan 36

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    41. Upcoming GFE events Innovation Member Briefing (April 8-9) College Success Member Briefing (May 20-21) ELL Web seminar (April 2010) & ELL Member Briefing (June 22-23) Annual conference (October 26-29) For more info go to: www.edfunders.org 41

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