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Partnership Paradigm: Why and how should we shift from service to engagement?
ISACS Annual Heads of School Conference Thursday, January 29, 2015Chicago, IL
Unwavering commitment
“… Goodness without knowledge is weak, yet knowledge without goodness is dangerous… both united form the noblest character, and lay the surest foundation of usefulness to mankind.”-- John Phillips (1781, Exeter’s Deed of Gift)
Unwavering commitment, changing times
Parent School College CommunityPreparation
Engagement
Parent
School
Community
College
Spending on education: 1984-2012
19841986
19881990
19921994
19961998
20002002
20042006
20082010
20120
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000(in 2012 dollars)
Top Quintile Income Bottom Quintile Income
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Spending on enrichment: 1972-2008
1972 to 1973 1983 to 1984 1994 to 1995 2005 to 20060
2,500
5,000
7,500
10,000
3,536
5,650
6,975
8,872
8351,264 1,173 1,315
(in 2008 dollars)
Top Quintile Income Bottom Quintile Income
Source: Whither Opportunity?, 2011, Greg Duncan and Richard Murnane, ed., p. 11
Why does this matter?– Low-income students get caught in gaps– Low-income students more likely to drop out of high school and less
likely to enroll in postsecondary education, leading to:• Fiscal burden on taxpayers
– $300 billion in lost wages, taxable income, health, welfare, incarceration costs– According to the Alliance for Excellent Education, were the United States to convert
enough non-graduates into graduates to reach a 90 percent high school graduation rate, it would result in an additional $8.1 billion in increased earnings every year.
• Stagnating U.S. economic mobility – Workforce ill-prepared to compete in global economy– “…the current level of income inequality in the U.S. is dampening G.D.P. growth,”
S.&P. researchers
Strategic Shifts From: To:
Focusing exclusively on the achievement gap Enabling life long economic mobility by also filling gaps of opportunity, technology, dreams
Offering service learning opportunities to your own students
Having an impact and effecting real change in a community
Ad hoc projects that honor the special interests of faculty and parents
Purposefully focusing on communities as a key lever of change
Providing a single service program with little or no follow-up
Supporting long-term engagement for members of both partnering schools
Providing hours to community service projects Intentionally leveraging the unique assets of your school to solve problems
Benefits to Independent Schools• Offers a visible demonstration of public purpose• Develops motivated and informed diverse applicant
families• Attracts faculty and families committed to a diverse
school community• Provides summer employment and volunteer
opportunities for high school students, graduates and faculty
• Broadens donor base to include corporate and foundation sources interested in supporting programs that benefit underserved children
• Complements school’s development efforts
Leading a movement:The National Network of Schools in Partnership
We believe that public-private partnerships can be a key driver of success for students, schools and communities across the country.
We serve as the go-to resource for schools as they establish and enhance partnerships by providing:- Connection- Advocacy - Knowledge
Responding to the call
Since Spring 2013…- 108 Members, representing 150,000+
students- 15 Regional gatherings- 1 Groundbreaking, searchable
database- Featured by Ed Week, Edutopia,
Department of Education
Inspired and informed by our members
A single point of entry fornews and information
Only searchable database of programs in the country
Easy access to critical information