education reform, Full Circle Fund, education platform, California education system, systemic change, Natasha Hoehn

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A New Way of Approaching
Education Reform
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2. Who we are…
150+ donor-member volunteers in the Bay Area.
A blend of private, non-profit, and public sectors.
Non-partisan, solution-oriented.
We build teams that work.
Our Issue areas:
Education, Environment, Economic Opportunity
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3. How We Can Help
Frame issues clearly
Suggest/evaluate policy solutions
Serve as a sounding board
Goals for Today
Review the “EACH” platform
Exchange ideas
Identify next steps
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4. Context: California is Big
7 million students
~
~400,000 educators
~10,000 schools
~1,000 districts
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5. 3 California is Behind
Years 2
Ahead Massachusetts
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National Average
Years 1
California kids
Behind
are a year behind
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3 2007 NAEP
All average of grades 4&8
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blended math, language
Students

6. 3 Every Segment Lags
Years 2
Ahead
1
Years 1
Behind
2
3
All In Not in 6
Students Poverty Black Latino Poverty Asian White

7. What should be
the Unit of Change?
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8. Each
Each Student – Each Teacher
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Each School – Each Community

9. Each
Student
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10. Each Student
Goal:
Advance each student’s learning steadily
regardless of starting place or learning needs.
Measure success in terms of each student’s
progress toward the end goals of
college and career success
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11. Each Student Policy Overview
Make college and career success the core
metric for K-12 success (recommendation 1.1a)
Fund districts based on students, weighted by
each student’s needs (1.2b)
Strategically increase total education investment
per student to national norms, fostering
change in the process. (1.2a)
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12. Each California Average Spending per K-12 Student
Dramatically Lags Other States
(especially high-wage states)
17,500
NJ
NY
Average Expenditure per Student in K-12 enrollment
15,000
12,500
10,000
Indifference CA
curve
7,500
5,000
30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000 55,000 60,000 65,000 70,000 75,000
Source: NEA, 2008-09 tables C-11 and H-16 Bubble size: enrollment
Average Teacher Salary
(Revised data as of 1/27/2010)
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13. Each Student
Staff per 1,000 Students in Percent of State Personal California’s
CA compared to Rest of USA Income Invested in K-12 financial
commitment
6%
California to education
Rest of USA
5% has declined.
140.0 4%
+43%
120.0
100.0 3%
80.0
60.0 +36%
2%
40.0
20.0
0.0 1%
Total Staff Teachers
0%
1970 2005 2009-10
(est)
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14. Each Student Policy Overview
Invest in state education data infrastructure capable
of supporting each student, teacher, and school.
California lags far behind in this essential area.
(1.3a)
Invest in data dashboards for students, parents,
teachers, school leaders, and community
stakeholders. (1.3b)
Spur development of better student assessment
technology, especially adaptive testing.(1.3c)
Support flexible approaches to learning,
especially computer-based
and online (1.4a and 1.4b)
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Teacher 15

16. Each Teacher
Goal:
Prepare, recruit, support and retain
each highly effective educator.
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17. Each Teacher Policy Overview
Attract thousands of great new people to compete for
teaching jobs with a statewide campaign. Unblock
alternative teacher prep pathways with tough,
evidence-based accountability for effectiveness (2.1a and 2.1b)
Professionalize teacher compensation and evaluation.
Require districts to re-negotiate their pay structures,
eliminating incentives for things that make no
difference for student learning (e.g. precise number of
years worked, most masters degrees.) (2.2b)
Create a competitive state fund that supports creation of
differentiated teacher pay programs. (2.2a)
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18. Each
School
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19. Each School
Goal:
Make each school an effective launching pad
for each student’s future.
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20. Each School Policy Overview
Cut Red Tape. Give successful schools and
districts charter-like flexibility and freedom
from program mandates. (3.1a)
Cut ALL the tape. Set an orderly process to
sunset the Ed Code, enabling (indeed,
requiring) a fresh look. (3.1b)
Invest in programs to build school
leadership capacity. (3.2)
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Community
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22. Each Community
Goals:
Rebuild and extend the connection between
schools and the communities they serve.
Equitably empower each community to
provide material support to its local schools.
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23. Each Community Policy Overview
Empower all Equalize funding power
communities to with state matching
raise funds locally for funds for lower-wealth
schools. (4.1a) communities. (4.1b)
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24. Each Community Policy Overview
“Lean into” success: create a state “educational
momentum fund” to direct incremental
resources to districts and schools that
improve student achievement, similar to
“Race to the Top” but ongoing. (4.2)
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25. Each Community Policy Overview
Invest in a toolset for districts to communicate
with parents and community. (4.3a)
Foster coordination of community services,
building on examples like Harlem Children’s
Zone. (4.3b)
Do more of what works, less of what does not,
and know the difference. (4.3c)
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26. Each
Each Student – Each Teacher
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Each School – Each Community

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Next Steps
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