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Students Matter. Campaign Overview . March 2012. Students Matter.

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Students Matter

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  1. StudentsMatter Campaign Overview March 2012

  2. StudentsMatter Students Matter is committed to ensuring that the policies embodied in the California Code of Education place the interests of students first and promote the goal of having an effective teacher in every classroom.

  3. The Challenge StudentsMatter

  4. Presentation Overview • Challenge - California’s Current Educational System • The Data • Solution - Focus on Teacher Effectiveness • Key Findings from Latest Research • Current U.S. Landscape for Education Reform • Students Matter’s Approach • Legal Challenge to State’s Education Code • Timeline • Team • How You Can Help

  5. California’s Schools – Data

  6. Education Reform – National Picture

  7. Education Reform – National Picture

  8. Education Reform – National Picture

  9. Education Reform – National Picture

  10. Education Reform – National Picture

  11. Our Approach StudentsMatter

  12. Teachers = Greatest Impact on Outcomes 1. (Source: W L Sanders and J C Rivers, ‘Cumulative and Residual Effects of Teachers on Future Student Academic Achievement’, University of Tennessee, Value-Added Research and Assessment Center, 1996) • (Source: Steven G.Rivkin, Eric A. Hanushek, and John F. Kain, “Teachers, Schools and AcademicAchievement,”) StudentsMatter

  13. Studies Prove Importance of Effective Teachers StudentsMatter

  14. Our Case StudentsMatter

  15. CA Constitutional Guarantee • The California Constitution creates a fundamental right to a quality education. Source: California Supreme Court: Butt v. State of California, 4 Cal. 4th 668 (1992); Serrano v. Priest, 5 Cal. 3d 584 (1971) StudentsMatter

  16. Legal Theory

  17. Systemic Barriers to Effective Teacher Workforce • 1. Felt, Jason; Jessica Garrison and Jason Song. “Bar Set Low for Lifetime Job in L.A. Schools.” Los Angeles Times December 20, 2009. http://articles.latimes.com/2009/dec/20/local/la-me-teacher-tenure20-2009dec20 • 2 Beth Barrett. “Dance of the Lemons.” Los Angeles Weekly, February 11, 2010, http://www.laweekly.com/2010-02-11/news/lausd-s-dance-of-the-lemons/ StudentsMatter

  18. Our Team StudentsMatter

  19. Students Matter Team

  20. Our Ask StudentsMatter

  21. Advantages of Our Approach

  22. Why We Will Win

  23. How You Can Help

  24. Thank You ! StudentsMatter

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