YOUR PRESENTATION NAMEJeffery Rhodes

www.beats4books.org

Lowering the dropout rateUsing music as a bargaining tool

2• Students can Sing, Rap,

or play a instrument

3• Offering recording contracts

to outstanding students

4• Free recording studio

time for better grades

5• How bad is it

6• Take they're opportunity

to the public market

1• Music opportunities for

grades and attendance

Lowering the dropout rate

Trading music opportunity for hard work.

• Better Grades• Great Attendance

• Make your own music CD • Learn how to make beats and sell them on

the internet.• Trade good grades for studio time

• Now it’s time to do shows

About 7000 students dropout each school day all year long

We have got to do

something about the dropout

rate.

Music is influential

and persuasive

DROPPED OUT

On food stamps, little no income – likely sell drugs, fix cars and not pay child support.

• Arrested before• Drugs or other

abuse

Job opportunities, secondary education choices, longer lasting relationships, tax payer

• Try other things• Hobbies family

fun• Not so

discouraged

GRADUATED

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Graduating puts

revenue into the

economy

Drop out takes

from the economy

Beats4books give music opportunity and is not a promise to become a star. It is the hope to help someone become a Artist however our goal is to lower the dropout rate and with your help it will work

Music OpportunityIts who’s responsibility to find a way to connect

With these opportunities each student must try harder and show improvement every quarter.

For rap groups• Promotion, CD Art work,

Instrumental Tracks, Shows, Photoshop tutorials

• CD Duplication, Mix and Mastering, copywriting

Some of the benefitsGreat benefits

For singing artists• Web Site

Promotion• Stage Performance• CD Promotion• J Card Promotion

Hip Hop Starts Here

Music opportunityThis is a chance to experience

Perform at local concerts to open for major acts and plays.

Make a CD and sell to the public on iTunes and CD baby.

Learn to play a new instrument.

New Jersey87%#1

African Americans

West Virginia 74%%

AsianIllinois95%

Caucasian North Dakota

89%

Native AmericanAlabama

86%

HispanicLouisiana

73%

These represent the highest number of graduates for 2000

SO WHOS THE HIGHESTFlorida Comes in last place at 55%

FLORIDA55%#1

African AmericansWISCONSIN

41%

AsianRhode Island66%

Caucasian Florida

60%

Native AmericanNebraska

40%

HispanicMississippi

23%

This chart shows what states are the lowest starting with Florida being the lowest overall plus Florida comes in first place in Caucasian that dropout.

Sometimes the dropouts are not counted like in Washington only the people that wrote in were counted even though the state admit that they were more dropouts.

SO WHOS THE LOWESTFlorida Comes in last place at 55%

The chart to the right shows the disparity between graduation rates among different ethnic groups. While Caucasians and Asians have higher than average graduation rates, minority students such as African-American, Hispanic, and Native-American Students are consistently left behind.

What can we do to help raise graduation rates to 79% or higher for EVERYBODY ?

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Of 50 major cities included in the report, the average graduation rate was 58%. Seventeen of the cities had graduation rates of 50% or lower, with Detroit coming in the lowest at 24.9%.

In major US cities, only half of students graduate…

A report released in 2008 shows that while average graduation rate is nearly 70%, only 52% of students in major cities will graduate.

Urban Schools

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There is a huge difference between graduation rates in major urban school districts and those in the adjoining suburbs in 2oo8.

In Baltimore for example, only 34.6% of public high school students graduate, while in the adjoining suburbs, 81.5% of kids get there diploma in 4 years. That’s a difference of 46.9 percentage points!!!!

Urban vs. Suburban Graduation Discrepancies

1 Download our instrumentals

2 Cash donation tax deductable

3 Donate metal like cars and washers and dryers

4 Sponsor 1 student for $2000 tax deductable

5 Donate a instrument

All we need is a good start. We want to help the community by offering these opportunities to students who do better in school and continues to do well.

Help us get startedHere’s how you can help

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