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Why Summer L earning Matters - to Boston and the Nation

Why Summer L earning Matters - to Boston and the Nation. Summer Learning: Bridging the Opportunity and Achievement Gap April 3, 2013 Will Miller President, The Wallace Foundation. Outline. Why summer learning matters What Boston and Wallace are doing about it

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Why Summer L earning Matters - to Boston and the Nation

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  1. Why Summer Learning Matters - to Boston and the Nation Summer Learning: Bridging the Opportunity and Achievement Gap April 3, 2013 Will Miller President, The Wallace Foundation

  2. Outline • Why summer learning matters • What Boston and Wallace are doing about it • The keys to successful collaboration

  3. The Wallace Foundation • An endowment of $1.4 billion • Stewards of resources created by others • Funding innovation • Supporting the creation of credible, useful knowledge • Sharing broadly

  4. The growing opportunity gap Source: Whither Opportunity?, 2011, Greg Duncan and Richard Murnane, ed., p. 11

  5. Achievement gap: Progress, challenges • Progress in math proficiency • More kids succeeding, but achievement gap persists Percent scoring at or above basic on 2011 4th grade NAEP tests Source: NAEP, The RAND Corporation

  6. Summer learning loss is part of problem • “Over time, the difference between the summer learning rates of low-income and higher-income students contributes substantially to the achievement gap.” • “Research shows that voluntary summer programs, mandatory summer programs, and at-home reading programs can all have positive effects on student achievement.” • Making Summer Count, RAND, 2011

  7. A window of opportunity • Given growing interest in summer learning • If together we can generate: • Evidence about potential gains from strong programs • Evidence about how to implement quality programs • We can simultaneously strengthen your efforts and change the national conversation.

  8. Outline • Why summer learning matters • What Boston and Wallace are doing about it

  9. Summer learning demonstration Phase 1 Strengthen programs Phase 2 Evaluate results (RCT) 2016 2015 Summer 2011 Summer 2012 Summer 2013 Summer 2014 5th Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 6th Grade RAND assessments of district summer programs Continue tracking kids

  10. Boston Summer Learning Project

  11. Boston Summer Learning Project

  12. Outline • Why summer learning matters • What Boston and Wallace are doing about it • Keys to successful collaboration

  13. Collaborations are not easy • Problems can stem from: • Insufficient resources • Activities tangential to mission • Tension between partners • “While collaborative efforts have a long history, the work remains immensely challenging – with a record of many more failures than successes.” -- White House Council for Community Solutions: Community Collaboratives Whitepaper, 2011, Corporation for National and Community Service

  14. Successful collaborations • Collaboratives with: • Aspiration to needle-moving (e.g. 10%+) change on a community-wide metric • Long-term investment in success • Cross-sector engagement • Use of data to set the agenda and improve over time • Community members as partners and producers of impact Source: White House Council for Community Solutions, Community Collaboratives Whitepaper, 2011

  15. Successful collaborations • Collaboratives with: • Aspiration to needle-moving (e.g. 10%+) change on a community-wide metric • Long-term investment in success • Cross-sector engagement • Use of data to set the agenda and improve over time • Community members as partners and producers of impact • Shared vision and agenda • Effective leadership and governance • Deliberate alignment of resources, programs and advocacy toward what works • Dedicated capacity and appropriate structure • Sufficient resources Source: White House Council for Community Solutions, Community Collaboratives Whitepaper, 2011

  16. Successful collaborations • Knowledge • Tools • Technical assistance from peers/experts • Policy • Funding • Collaboratives with: • Aspiration to needle-moving (e.g. 10%+) change on a community-wide metric • Long-term investment in success • Cross-sector engagement • Use of data to set the agenda and improve over time • Community members as partners and producers of impact • Shared vision and agenda • Effective leadership and governance • Deliberate alignment of resources, programs and advocacy toward what works • Dedicated capacity and appropriate structure • Sufficient resources Source: White House Council for Community Solutions, Community Collaboratives Whitepaper, 2011

  17. Collective impact: Columbus, IN • Trust: Weak at first, built by working on the facility needs of the institutions • Shared agenda: Ensure youth have training to get jobs • Metrics: Move focus at community college from enrollment to relevance of coursework and graduation • Team: Community Education Coalition • Persistence: Columbus Learning Center opened in 2005

  18. The human element • Collaborations depend on establishing and sustaining trust

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