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The Be G.R.E.A.T. Academy
A Charter College Preparatory School
(Grades 6-12)

Helping Your Children
Prepare for
the Global Creative Economy
Feb 2013
(updated based upon parental feedback)
Mark Lee
http://begreatacademy.wordpress.com/
Private & Confidential Blue Underlined Links are Active

Avg SAT Scores: Ivy League, Top US & CFL Schools
NOT
Top US Schools TO SCALE
2255 : 2099

Phillips Academy: 2096

Stuy (NYC): 2090

CFL Private Schools
Brown: 2085 : 1935
Approximations:
average of
th & 75th percentiles
LHPS: 1820
25

http://begreatacademy.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/tp-2009-2011-sat-scores/
Private & Confidential

FL Top High Schools SAT Scores
1990

http://www.fldoe.org/evaluation/act-sat-ap.asp


OCPS High Schools SAT Scores
1587

http://www.fldoe.org/evaluation/act-sat-ap.asp


Benefiting From College ?


“Academically Adrift”?
College Students
… did not demonstrate any significant improvement in learning
• 45 percent of students: first two years of college.
• 36 percent of students: four years of college.

• Students also spent 50% less time studying compared with
students a few decades ago
• Students, on average, earned a 3.2 grade-point average.

The main culprit for lack of academic progress of students …
is a lack of rigor.

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/01/18/study_finds_large_numbers_of_coll
ege_students_don_t_learn_much

College Costs Rise While Graduate Earnings Decline

Average
Tuition & Fees

Average
Earnings


US Universities Drop in Value to Students/Parents
A degree has always been considered the key to a
good job. But rising fees and increasing student
debt, combined with shrinking financial and
educational returns, are undermining at least the
perception that university is a good investment.

Concern springs from a number of things: steep
rises in fees, increases in the levels of debt of
both students and universities, and the declining
quality of graduates.

Debt per student has doubled in the past 15 years. … Those who earned
bachelor’s degrees in 2011 graduated with an average of $26,000 in debt.

A federal survey showed that the literacy of college-educated citizens declined
between 1992 and 2003.
http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21567373-american-universities-represent-declining-value-money-their-students-not-what-it?


Preparing Your Child
for the Global Creative Economy


Students Need to Prepare
for the Global Creative Economy
Be Globally Ready Be Creative

Learn Multiple Spend Time Cross Grow
Languages Abroad Disciplines Portfolio

Meet Core Requirements
Accelerate via
Blended Learning

Learn From the Best Private & Confidential
Apply Technology Effectively

A Charter School (Grades 6-12) that Prepares
Students for the Global Creative Economy
Start a Tuition-Free Charter School That Meets these 3 Needs

Global Readiness Core Academic Requirements Creative Capacities

We will Model the Proposed Charter School’s Global Readiness after Avenues
(a brand-new $40,000/year NYC Private School)

As a Tuition-Free Charter School, We will have to be Far More Innovative


How Your Child Will Benefit

Global Readiness Core Academic Requirements Creative Capacities

Use Global Experiences Excel Use Creative Projects
To For College Admissions to
Enrich Portfolio & Enrich Portfolio
For College Admissions Succeed in College For College Admissions
& &
Prepare With Deep Prepare
for Global Interaction For Career Growth

FOCUS


The
Be G.R.E.A.T. Academy
Globally Ready to Excel and Achieve Today


A School with Personalized Education

Learning
Face-to-Face
Side-by-Side
Peer-to-Peer

Teaching
1-to-Many

Personalized Education

USE THE LINK BELOW
ONLY IF YOU DID NOT SEE THE YOUTUBE VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abRtYNkmBao

Be G.R.E.A.T. Academy Layout


Max 120 students per Cohort
Dunbar Number: 150

School (Dec 2012 data) Population Capacity Difference Per Grade

1230 1164 66 410

Southwest MS

3627 3273 354 907

Dr. Phillips HS

Meet Core Academic Requirements


Use Blended Learning (FLVS) to
Meet Core Academic Requirements

Start College Counseling in MS
Use
Individualized Learning Plan
& Advance by Ability
Instead of Sequencing X X X X
by Age/Grade

Blend & Accelerate
Learning
Via FLVS


Use FLVS for Online Instruction
to Accelerate Learning
Course
Fall Semester Spring Semester
Progression Mode

Algebra 1 (Honors)
By Calendar

Algebra I (Honors) Algebra II (Honors)
By Competency
Eager Students
Can Accelerate Learning
Based Upon their Abilities and Diligence
(FLVS example assumes 2X Learning Speed)

Recruiting Top-Notch
Supplemental Instructional Staff


Use Ivy League Plus Graduates as Supplements*

Bonus for Students:
College Admissions Counseling & SAT Tutoring
Get Current Insights
from Ivy League Plus Graduates
On How They Successfully Applied to Elite Schools
+
SAT Tutoring
* Subject to (see here for Ivy League SAT Scores)
Hiring Availability Private & Confidential

Recruit from Pool of 800+ Ivy League Alum
(TFA applicants who were rejected by TFA)

1170 350 Admitted 820 Ivy League Alum
Ivy League Applicants Assume 30% Of (TFA applicants)
9% of 13,000 Ivy League Applicants
Admitted

Recruit Them
on 1-Year +
Residencies

http://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/2012-13_Press_Kit_Updated_08_28_12.pdf

Recruit Ivy League Alum from All Over the World
(the Best from Their Countries)

110
(3% admit rate)

129

185

190+ Member Entering Classes’
Countries Int’l Students

Ivy League Alum (Supplemental Staff) From
Across the World Share Personal Experiences

Ivy League Alum from All Over the World
Design & Accompany Int’l Trips

Aspiring Teachers are More Tech-Savvy!

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/02/are-teachers-of-tomorrow-prepared-to-use-innovative-tech/

Blended Learning
Frees Money & Time
To Be Globally Ready and Creative


Earn $ Credit for Global & Creative Experiences
(share cost savings to benefit students)

A Student Who Takes A FLVS Course A Student Who Takes 10 FLVS Courses
to Completely Replace Will Have $1,250* Credit (min)
a Required Course to be Used
Can Earn $125 Credit For Int’l Travel & Creative Projects
(min ¼ of Savings)
Option
Student Can
Use Accrued Credit
to Own a Google Chrome Book
Teacher $/Student/Course
Annual Salary (w/benefits) $60,000
Teaching Periods/Day 6
Students/Period 20
Teacher $/Student/Course $500

* Not transferable, and limited to school-approved projects

Accelerate Learning to Complete Core Early
(frees time for global & creative projects)
Blended Learning
http://begreatacademy.wordpress.com/2012/12/15/blended-learning-
(assume 2X Learning) can-reduce-learning-time-by-25-to-50/
Focused Finish 24 Credit Hours in 2 Years

Use Remaining 2 years
For Creative Projects
or Graduate Early

Conventional Pace over 4 Years

Spread
Out

Frees Time to Take MOOC (EdX) Online Courses
Earn Certificates of Completion from MIT, Harvard, others

What is
the Minimum Age
For Taking
a Harvard
Law School
Online Course?


Explore and Advance by Ability & Interest, not Age

https://www.edx.org/courses/HarvardX/HLS1x/2013_Spring/about

Pending FL Legislation
Will Provide K12 Credit for MOOC

A bill filed today in the Florida Legislature aims to give
students (in both the K-12 and college arenas) the ability to
pick courses — and needed tests — from a host of providers
outside traditional schools.

“I want Florida’s children to have access to the best courses
the world has to offer, in whatever area they are studying,”
said Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, who is sponsoring the
Senate version, in a statement. “If MIT is offering a great
physics course I want our students to be able to take it, if
Stanford has a great biology course then we should make
sure that it is available in Florida as well.”

http://begreatacademy.wordpress.com/2013/02/15/using-mooc-content-to-meet-ocps-requirements/

Go Global!

Learn Of the World

From the World
Create
For the World


Learn to Compete & Collaborate Globally

Interact Daily Take At Least Collaborate Remotely
with Int’l Students 1 Semester (or longer) W/ Intl’ Students On
Enrolled at School Abroad Global Creative Projects
USA Int’l USA Int’l USA Int’l


Go Create!


Grow Creative Capacities: Learn by Doing

A famous study on identical twins aged between 15 and 22:
while 80% of IQ differences were attributable to genetics,
only around 30% of the performance on creativity tests could be explained that way.

It means that we can work on learning and improve our creativity.

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/03/creativity_with_a_small_c.html


Imagine, Create, Play, Share, & Reflect

http://learn.media.mit.edu/

A Design Studio for Experimentation & Play
An innovation center for middle and high school students whose pedagogy
is based on the studio model and geared around multi-disciplinary,
collaborative projects.

NuVu Studio: Experimentation & Play

NuVu
http://nuvustudio.org/

Build Mastery in a Self-Chosen Area
Early depth and mastery in any arena provide important transferable lessons and build
long-lasting confidence and self-esteem. Leading colleges and universities look for such
key differentiators in their prospective students. Whether photography or physics, chess
or cello, architecture or demography, poetry or playwriting, higher educational
institutions are increasingly looking for students who have a demonstrated area of
excellence and depth.

Beginning in ninth grade, the Avenues Mastery Program will expect every student to
develop an area of depth and excellence in a self-chosen field of learning, whether art,
music, literature, sports, science or history. Each student will select an area, subject or
activity in which he or she has a passion and would like to develop depth and excellence.
Every student will have a teacher-mentor who shares the student’s special interest and
who will help guide him in enhancing his intellectual curiosity and deepening his base of
knowledge.

The Mastery Program will culminate with each Avenues student completing a work
product emblematic of the area that he has chosen. For some students this will be a
thesis, for some an experiment, for others a publication, portfolio or performance.
http://www.avenues.org/field-excellence-mastery-program

Share Creative Portfolio with the World

Each Student will have a Personalized Website

• Links to Outputs

• Links to LinkedIn, Twitter, FB, Blogs, personal websites

• Project Websites

• Videos

MIT Media Lab “Learning Creative Learning”

http://learn.media.mit.edu/

Learn from the 9,000+ Members
How to Design A School that
Prepares Students for the Future

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=210189659073890490806.0004d4d77ae8480ac9849&msa=0
https://plus.google.com/u/1/communities/106132864609383396284

More a Wow-Maker, Less a Test-Taker
Middle-High College Career
School

From Consume
Consume Value Create Value
to Create Value

Which Serves You Better Towards Creating Value?
A Wow-Maker, or a Test-Taker?

Wow! Global & Creative
Test: Compliance
(while not being constrained)

Cohort Admissions & Progress
Fall ‘14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
120 40 40 40
SAT Prep
100% ? State TIP
Fall ‘15 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
280 60 60 60 60 40
SAT Prep SAT Prep

100% ? State TIP. If demand exceeds supply, lottery will pick successful applicants
Fall ‘16 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
420 80 80 80 80 60 40
SAT Prep SAT Prep
100% ? State TIP
Fall ‘17 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
600 120 100 100 100 80 60 40
SAT Prep SAT Prep

Middle School Years

Short Projects College
Admin
Counseling
8th

Start Project-Based Learning
Duke Tip
7th

Additional Offerings that are
not Normally Provided
SAT Prep in Public Schools
6th
Potential for
Summer Offerings
(e.g. math)

High School Years

The Earlier the Student SAT Prep
Completes the HS Curriculum, Intl’ Trip
the More Time The Student Global Project (part 2)
Has to Engage in Projects
12th
and the Global Trip(s)

PSAT Prep
Global Project (part 1)
11th

Long-Term Projects Additional Offerings that are
10th not Normally Provided
in Public Schools

Potential for
Medium-Length Projects Summer Offerings
9th (e.g. math)

What about Extracurricular Activities?
(Athletics, Arts, Others)

An individual charter school student
pursuant to s. 1002.33
is eligible to participate at the public school
to which the student would be assigned
according to district school board attendance area policies or which the
student could choose to attend, pursuant to district or interdistrict
controlled open-enrollment provisions,
in any interscholastic extracurricular activity
of that school,
unless such activity
is provided by the student’s charter school,

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String
=&URL=1000-1099/1006/Sections/1006.15.html

Top Countries Ranked By K-12 Academic Success

Finland
Singapore

Tutoring Helps to Drive Asian Benchmark Scores

Asian Students Receive Lots of Outside Tutoring
• 97 percent of all Singaporean students
• 90 percent of South Korean primary students
• 85 percent of Hong Kong senior secondary student
Many Asian families devote vast sums to supplement government education.
“The most dramatic number is Korea,” … “where households are spending the
equivalent of 80 percent of what the government is spending.”

two South Korean celebrity tutors: Woo Hyeong-cheol, who reportedly earns $3.9
million per year offering Web-based math classes to 50,000 students; and Rose Lee,
“the Queen of English,” said to earn $6.8 million per year, also through online classes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/06/world/asia/06iht-
educlede06.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

Tutoring is a Huge Business in China

• 2.4 million students this year.
• It boasts 17,600 teachers in 49 cities
• online network of over 7.8 million users.
More than 80% of Shanghai's older secondary students attend
after-school tutoring. They may spend another three to four
hours each day on homework under close parental supervision.

Hong Kong, like Singapore, now recruits teachers from the top
30% of the graduate cohort. By contrast, according to the OECD,
the US recruits from the bottom third.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14812822

Asia is Catching up in Innovation

Personalizing Education Via Technology
Q: What do you see as the major problems in the current
education system and how will disruptive innovation help correct
them?
A: The biggest problem in the current education system is that not
every student learns in the same, standard way, and yet schools
standardize the way they teach and test.
Using the computer as the delivery platform for learning has the
potential to break the trade-offs between customization and
affordability, which could ultimately allow students to learn in their
preferred styles and at their preferred pace.
http://disruptingclass.mhprofessional.com/apps/ab/expert-qa/
You’ll learn how
• Customized learning will help many more students succeed in school
• Student-centric classrooms will increase the demand for new technology
• Computers must be disruptively deployed to every student
• Disruptive innovation can circumvent roadblocks that have prevented other attempts at
school reform
• We can compete in the global classroom-and get ahead in the global market
http://disruptingclass.mhprofessional.com/apps/ab/about-the-book/

Blended Learning


Blended Learning Personalizes Learning
by Time, Place, Path & Pace


Blended Learning: Do Better or in Less Time


4 Blended Learning Models

http://www.innosightinstitute.org/media-room/publications/education-publications/classifying-k-12-blended-learning/


Use “Avenues: The World School” as a Role Model

http://www.avenues.org/

http://bigthink.com/endless-innovation/classroom-supermen-a-global-vision-for-the-future-of-education


The School Will Continue to Learn & Improve

http://www.avenues.org/curriculum-design-philosophy


Appendix 3
State of Florida
Proposed
Digital Learning Initiatives

Florida: Innovating via Digital Learning

http://www.fldoe.org/fldlg/pdf/IRwebinar.pdf


http://www.fldoe.org/board/meetings/2012_05_09/digital.pdf

Appendix 4
Silicon Valley
Seed Funding
for Blended Learning
Initiatives

SV Seed Funding for Blended Learning Initiatives
The Silicon Schools Fund aims to
provide grants of approximately
$700,000 to the fledgling schools
over four years to get them
started.

But all programs will be designed
to survive on the approximate
$7,000 per student per year
provided by the state of
California, Greenberg said.

School leaders will decide on
their education approach,
including how much--or how
little--technology their programs
need.

https://www.edsurge.com/n/silic
on-schools-fund-lands-12-
http://www.siliconschools.com/ million/

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