Feb. 11,2010

1. Feb. 11,2010

2. Objective of this presentation: Share thoughts about workforce development

3. Waikiki

4. Federal Witness Protection Program

5. Why would anyone voluntarily moved from Hawaii?

6. Tom Gillespie State Demographer Tom Stinson State Economist January 2009 Presentation Next Generation EconomyThe Minnesota Perspective

7. Migration Will Be An Increasingly Important Component To The Slowing Labor Force Growth Update chart? Economy State Demographer projection revised 2007

8. Minnesota Has Been Very Successful(Especially For a Cold Weather State at the End of the Road) • Our economic growth rate has exceeded the national average • Our population growth rate leads the frost belt • We rank with the leaders on many social and economic indicators

9. 5th lowest poverty rate 2nd percent of 16-64 employed 1st percent with health insurance 1st home ownership 10th median family income in 2005 4th Kids Count 2006 2nd lowest rate of disability among people age 16-64 4th percent of children in married couple families 91% with at least high school degree, ranked 3rd 1st United Health Foundation ranking of state healthiness 2006 (21% above the national norm) Minnesota Ranks Highly in Many Social/Economic Indicators Updated Sept 2006

10. High School Graduation Rates - 2005 2008 -- MN #1 in USA 92% of residents ≥ 25 year olds are High School graduates

11. In 2005, 50 state governors made an unprecedented commitment to voluntarily implement a common formula for calculating their states' high school graduation rates.

13. MN TRANSITION ROADMAP 2009-2011 2012 & Beyond Current Published & Used Obsolete Published - used for AYP New 4-year Published - Info only New 5-year Published - Info only Published – used for AYP Source = MDE

14. 2007-2008 MN Graduation Rate Top 5 in USA Source = MDE

15. MN Graduation Rate Source = MDE

16. 2007-2008 Mpls District Graduation Rate Source = MDE

17. Achievement Gap Difference in academic performance between different student groups

18. Will our large achievement gap affect our ability to attract migration? Probably not but we need to naturally generate a well educated workforce

19. Graduation Rate by Sub Group

20. 2007-2008 MN Graduation Rate Source = MDE

21. Why do we have this achievement gap?

22. Richard Rothstein Researcher You can have the best school system 2009 – MN Students are ACT National aces for the fifth year in a row But what happens outside the classroom is just as important as what takes place inside the classroom Playing field not level because of poverty

23. Playing field not level - Poverty. Basic Needs - Health/Hunger/Safety/Shelter - absenteeism and self esteem Early Childhood Programming - Not ready for kindergarten Language - quantity and quality of language at home Environment - segregated neighborhoods - role models - stress – family engagement -hope? Mobility - transient students

24. MN 3rd Grade Reading Test Source: MDE

25. PERCENT IN POVERTY

26. POVERTY RATE BY RACE

27. MOBILITY BPS Student Withdrawal Percentages 07-08

28. POVERTY IN MN Percent of foreign born living in poverty • Two categories of foreign born • Immigrants • Refugees 17 out of 50 states

29. 2005 Refugees by State

30. REFUGEES

31. Ranking of Metropolitan Areas by Number of Refugees Resettled (1983 to 2004*) and Total Foreign-Born Population (2000)

32. What is Bloomington Public Schools doing to close the achievement gap? Leveling the playing field

33. Social Capital Dr. Robert Putnam A School system needs a strong supportive community to be successful!

34. Faith Community Unite our Community to help close the disparity and achievement gaps

35. Fairview Children’s Clinic

36. What is Bloomington Public Schools doing to close the achievement gap (grad rate)? Offer Innovative Educational Programming

37. Early College High School Few/selected 9th Graders - ESL and Free and Reduced Graduate with up to 60 college credits High School Middle School President Cecelia Cervantes Drop out

38. Accelerating Graduation by Reducing Achievement Disparities • (A-GRAD) Anoka Hennepin St. Anthony Minneapolis Mike Opat Hennepin County Commissioner - Chair 3 Meetings - past 12 months - Collaboration

39. High school at the Mall of America Mpls St Paul Richfield Bloomington New Strategic Plan - Establish a business/school collaboration model Retain students at risk with programming: • Career Exploration • Entrepreneurial Exploration • College Exploration

40. What is Bloomington Public Schools doing to close the achievement gap? Improve teacher effectiveness

41. 14 UNIVERSITIES TO TRANSFORM TEACHER-PREPARATION PROGRAMS AND GUARANTEE TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS $40 Million in 10-Year Initiative

42. Develop a value-added assessment tool and reporting mechanism to measure student learning and teacher effectiveness. $3.7 Million in 4-Year Initiative

43. Optimizing the 21st century learner Provide career exploration experiences

44. Centers of Excellence HealthForce Grant SCRUBS Camp Bloomington

45. Optimizing the 21st century learner Engage the digital learner

48. Hybrid Courses Blending of on-line and classroom learning Self Guided students using technology Teachers are adapting becoming more effective Rapidly accelerating technology advancements Breakthrough

49. Optimizing the 21st century learner Provide differentiated programming

50. GLOBAL COMPETITION Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center