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Challenges and Changes for Culturally Responsive Schools

Challenges and Changes for Culturally Responsive Schools. What does the future require ?. Today's graduates need to be critical thinkers, problem solvers, collaborators and effective communicators. What colleges are seeing.

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Challenges and Changes for Culturally Responsive Schools

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  1. Challenges and Changes for Culturally Responsive Schools ESL Conference: Kananaskis

  2. What does the future require? ESL Conference: Kananaskis

  3. Today's graduates need to be critical thinkers, problem solvers, collaborators and effective communicators ESL Conference: Kananaskis

  4. What colleges are seeing • American high schools in general fail to prepare students for post-secondary work • A high school degree no longer demonstrates that a graduate is ready for college • Diploma to NowhereStrong American Schools ESL Conference: Kananaskis

  5. Percentage of college students needing remediation • In 2004 • 2-year colleges – 43% • 4 –year colleges – 29% • 64% who are enrolled in one remedial course have to take more than one ESL Conference: Kananaskis

  6. ESL students are even less-well prepared ESL Conference: Kananaskis

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  8. Cost of remediation • At a cost of $1600 - $2,500/student • Total Cost of remediation = @ $2.31 - $2.89 billion dollars ESL Conference: Kananaskis

  9. Impact on Students • Dropping out • Dismay • Discouragement • Disillusionment ESL Conference: Kananaskis

  10. Impact on our future ? ESL Conference: Kananaskis

  11. Two Main Contributing Factors ESL Conference: Kananaskis

  12. ESL Conference: Kananaskis Mismatch between what K-12 teachers think and what colleges expect

  13. STOP! Conflicting Mental Models Policy Makers Educators Ways to demonstrate improvement ESL Conference: Kananaskis

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