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ICEF Public Schools: Education Corridor September 2008

ICEF Public Schools: Education Corridor September 2008. ICEF MISSION

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ICEF Public Schools: Education Corridor September 2008

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  1. ICEF Public Schools: Education Corridor September 2008 ICEF MISSION ICEF Public Schools (Inner City Education Foundation) will transform South Los Angeles into a stable, economically vibrant community by providing first-rate educational opportunities and annually graduating 2,000 high school students.

  2. Community National State Region County United States5,984,685 sq miles California 163,707 sq miles Bay Area 6,619 sq miles LA County 4,079 sq miles South L.A. 45 sq miles South Los Angeles: 45 square miles that deserve the undivided attention of an organization that can deliver. ICEF is unique among charter school organizations in that it is concentrating efforts in a single, discrete area and serves students from K-12. U.S. Student Rank Enrollment National Impact As a stand-alone geographical region, South LA would be America’s 19th most populous city and 33rd largest school district. District 2. Los Angeles Unified 721,000 17. San Diego Unified 142,000 25. Baltimore Co. 107,000 26. Charlotte-Mecklenburg 103,000 27. Baltimore City 100,000 29. Jefferson Co. 97,000 30. Dekalb Co. 96,000 31. Long Beach Unified 94,000 32. Albuquerque 85,000 South Los Angeles 82,571 33. 34. Ft. Worth ISD 80,000 35. Fresno Unified 79,000 36. Austin ISD 78,000 37. Orleans Parish 78,000 38. Cleveland Municipal 76,000 39. Jordan 73,000

  3. South Los Angeles Students Are Being Failed by the System The entire area of South Los Angeles produces only ~450 college graduates per year– fewer than 9% of all freshmen who enter District high schools. Key Findings • About 38% of freshmen graduate in South Los Angeles • Only 13% graduate meeting A-G requirements • Fewer than 1 out of 10 students who enter as freshmen in a South LA high school will become college graduates • An additional 100 students from area charter schools are also projected to graduate college • Class of 2005-06 performance at six major South L.A. high schools: Crenshaw, Dorsey, Manual Arts, Washington Prep, Morningside, and Inglewood • Source: California Department of Education - DataQuest: http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/ • California Postsecondary Education Commission: http://www.cpec.ca.gov *The UC/CSU enrollment is the only system for which data is available

  4. The Problem is that students in South LA are Unprepared for College • Key Findings • Fewer than 20% of high school graduates at these district schools are “college-ready.” • Only 1.6% of students entering these district schools in 9th grade will matriculate to a UC school; 5.1% to a Cal State. • The average graduation rate for an African-American student from a UC is ~ 63%; Cal State ~40%. • Out of 1,000 students from this area attending a district school, only 9 will graduate from a UC and 19 from a Cal State. Percentage of high school students entering in 9th grade that are admissible to college College-ready is defined by “whether students have the bare minimum qualifications necessary before a college will even consider their applications.” - The Manhattan Institute 2003

  5. Dorsey • Manual Arts • Crenshaw Inglewood Morningside Washington Prep The ICEF Education Corridor: Our Plan for South Los Angeles Our VisionICEF’s vision is to develop an Education Corridor of high-performing schools that will dramatically increase the number of high school graduates in South Los Angeles, prepare them to perform and compete at the top 100 colleges and universities in the nation and to return to become the catalysts for an economic and social transformation in South LA. • GOALS • Grow the EDUCATION CORRIDOR from 13 to 35. high-performing public schools in the next four years. • Be fully-enrolled by 2016. • Prepare and help produce 2,000 college graduates each year. • OUTCOMES • 1 in 4 students in South Los Angeles will attend an ICEF Public School. • 51% of all high school students will attend an ICEF high school. • 2,000 college graduates will return to South LA each year to be catalysts for an economic transformation.

  6. Our Theory of Change • Support the local economy • Small business support • Investment with Broadway Federal Bank 2,000 college graduates per year Increase economic development in a focused geographic region 1 in 4 students in South LA will attend an ICEF School • Increase college graduates by 500%+ • Rigorous college prep curriculum • Increase number of students served Decrease social problems in the inner city 51% of all high school students will attend an ICEF Public High School ICEF Education Corridor Become national model for economic revitalization • Create competition • Prompt improvements in traditional schools • Outperform similar traditional schools • Provide schoolchoice for families • Pull students back into the community for K-12 education Increase percentage of middle class in South LA and Inglewood Action Steps Outputs Outcomes

  7. ICEF’s Community Investment Financial Investment • ICEF Public Schools is a Top Ten depositor at Broadway Federal Bank, having deposited over $50 M • Spent over $10M on local, minority-owned businesses since 1995 • Many ICEF schools are choosing to use local minority-owned business for school lunch programs Infrastructure and Employee Investment • Constructed two school campuses with over 50% discretionary dollars directed to local minority contractors/workers • ICEF employees, parent advisors, and community members at its schools

  8. Proven Education Model • OUR PRACTICE • Creating a College-Going Culture • Objective-based decision making at school sites to prepare • students to be successful at college. • Promoting Study Skills for College Success • Enable students with study skills, ability to self- • direct and love literature. • College-Level Analytical Writing • Toulmin Model of writing is used with students beginning in • the 6th grade and applied across all core classes. • ICEF graduates can write a sustained case of 1500-2000 • words free of mechanical error in a readable style. • College-Level Discourse • Socratic Seminars in all classes teach students the • academic language to participate in a scholarly discussion. • Backwards-Mapping to College Standards • Begin with college standards of top 100 • universities to hold students to high and rigorous • standards. OUR THEORY Powerful Educational Principles Teach to the top 25% of the class with material a year ahead of grade level; rapid intervention so that ALL students perform at high levels. Innovative Curriculum Early literacy – 100% literacy by end of 1st grade; Proprietary 6th-12th grade writing-across-the- curriculum program; 9th Grade Success Initiative. Strong Academic Design Small Schools/Small Class Size and +12% Focused Learning Time. Parents as Partners Parent advisor funded at each site. Parents volunteer 40 hours annually. All of ICEF’s schools outperform their neighborhood schools on API scores.

  9. Inglewood Inglewood Morningside Morningside 13 ICEF Schools NOW Serve Over 3,000 Students in South Los Angeles List of Schools 2008-2009 1. VPP Elementary 2. VPP Middle 3. VPP High 4. FDA Elementary 5. FDA Middle 6. FDA High 7. Lou Dantzler Elementary 8. Lou Dantzler Middle 9. Lou Dantzler High 10. T Marshall Middle 11. T Marshall High 12. ICEF Vista Elementary 13. ICEF Vista Middle In 2009, ICEF will be operating 20 public charter schools. The Education Corridor will be more than 50% complete and serving over 5,000 students. Inglewood Unified HS LA Unified High School ICEF Public School

  10. College Admissions for ICEF View Park Prep Class of 2008 • Bryn Mawr College • California State Polytechnic University, Pomona • California State University, Dominguez Hills • California State University, Long Beach • California State University, Northridge • Fordham University • Grinnell College • Hampton University • Loyola Marymount University • Manhattanville College • Mount St. Mary's College (Doheny) • New York University • Northern Arizona University • Rochester Institute of Technology • Stanford University • Syracuse University • Texas Christian University • The University of Arizona • University of California at Davis • University of California at Los Angeles • University of California at Riverside • University of California at San Diego • University of California at Santa Barbara • University of California at Santa Cruz • University of Miami • University of Southern California • Western Kentucky University ICEF has demonstrated outstanding student achievement Graduation Success • 100% of students graduated • 100% of students were admitted to a 2- or 4-year college • 1 student has deferred to join the Air Force for scholarship purposes • 645 college applications submitted by 71 students • 86.5% of students are attending a 4- year college or university • Students are attending the best universities in the nation

  11. ICEF Outperforms Neighborhood Schools High School Elementary Middle VPP - 814 800 800 800 VPP - 779 54th ES - 767 FD MS - 728 LDMS - 707 700 700 700 TMMS - 704 LD HS - 663 59th Street - 677 FD HS - 662 API Score VPP HS - 651 Angeles Mesa - 643 Foshay LC - 645 TMHS - 611* Cochran - 605 600 600 600 Audubon - 578 Gompers - 561 John Muir - 553 Horace Mann - 544 Dorsey - 544 Henry Clay - 524 Crenshaw - 524** Manual Arts - 513** 500 500 500 *TMHS score was re-calculated by ICEF’s Data Management Team to include all of the students enrolled. The CDE score was calculated with less than 30 students. ** Schools are 2007 data. GW Prep HS, Crenshaw HS and Manual Arts HS did not test enough students to be counted in 2008.

  12. ICEF Graduates are Prepared to Succeed in College The Percentage of High School Graduates Completing All Courses Required for UC and/or CSU Entrance Key Findings • Statewide 10% of African-American males graduated high school eligible for CSU or UC admission • In California, 14% of African-American males in the senior class actually make it to graduation prepared for college • *Class of 2005-06 Performance in six major South Los Angeles high school: Crenshaw, Dorsey, Manual Arts, Washington Prep, Morningside, and Inglewood

  13. ICEF Expansion is On-Track ICEF has developed the model and capacity to achieve superior results at scale. Phase: Goal: • I • Prove the Model • II • Replication • Capacity Building • III • Expand to Achieve Scale We Are Here

  14. Returning to South LA:ICEF College Graduates Education Corridor: As ICEF expands and students attend and graduate college, South LA will begin to see an influx of college- educated youth beginning with the first View Park Prep Class in 2011.

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