Education Reform: “An Economic Imperative” or “Too Hot To Touch”?

Lisa MacfarlaneFrank Ordway

Agenda

• Terrain Overview Lisa• Early Learning and WA Kids Frank• Revenue Realities and Litigation Lisa• Session Hot Spots Frank• Schools that Work

Frank• Politics of State and Local Races & F & L Bargaining

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Pressing for the reforms and the resources that our schools need to ensure that every

child in Washington State gets an excellent education

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LEV

LEV Foundation501 c 3

Research and Policy

League of Education Voters501 c4

Lobbying

Education Voters Political Action Fund

PAC

www.educationvoters.org

LEV Enterprise

• Campaigns: 728, 884, Simple Majority

• “Levy Library”

• Citizens’ Report Cards

• Evidence-Based Advocacy

• Political action

Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) aims to return the Democratic Party to its rightful place, first and foremost,

as a champion of children and a reformer of American public schools.

www.dfer.org

SomeInconvenient

Truths

Source: www.postsecondary.org

10% of Low Income Kids Get BA’s

Conclusion: According to 2007 national data, 9.8% of students from the lowest family income quartile received bachelor’s degrees by age 24. This compares to 18.3% of students from the second income quartile, 33.4% of students from the third income quartile and 75.9% of students from the top income quartile who had received bachelor’s degrees by age 24.

Standards & Assessments

Data Systems

Effective Teachers & Leaders

Struggling Schools

Reforming America’s Schools Federal Education Reform Frame

EH Higher Ed

K K-12Early Learning

Washington’s average high

school graduation rate is the 12th lowest in the

nation

Our Students Aren’t Making It Through High School And College

Source: League of Education Voters (2011), Education Week’s Diplomas Count (2010) 13

105 Years to Close the Achievement Gap If We Don’t

Change Our Approach

Washington’s Changing Demographics

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And the populations we do the most disservice to are only growing. These students used to be a small part of our school population, living in small isolated places; today, as they grow in numbers, they are the future of the state.

Source: Washington Office of Financial Management

Washington Excels At Importing Workers To Do The Highly-Skilled,

Technical Jobs That Drive Our Economy

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We Are Importing Our Future

Source: NCHEMS www.higheredinfo.org (2007); Kaufman Foundation (2010)

WA 2nd in Nation

WA 46th in Nation

Ranking of States Well Prepared

to Navigate the Global Economy

Ranking of 18-24 Year Olds Enrolled in Some Form of College

MassachusettsWashington

MarylandNew Jersey

ConnecticutDelawareCalifornia

VirginiaColoradoNew York

New HampshireUtah

MinnesotaOregonIllinois

Rhode IslandMichigan

TexasGeorgiaArizonaFlorida

PennsylvaniaVermont

North CarolinaOhio

KansasIdaho

MaineWisconsin

NevadaAlaska

New MexicoMissouri

NebraskaIndiana

North DakotaMontana

IowaSouth Carolina

HawaiiTennesseeOklahomaLouisianaKentucky

South DakotaWyomingAlabamaArkansas

West VirginiaMississippi

Rhode IslandVermontIowaMassachusettsNebraskaKansasWest VirginiaMinnesotaNorth DakotaPennsylvaniaWisconsinArizonaNew HampshireMichiganSouth DakotaIndianaDelawareCaliforniaMaineWyomingKentuckyVirginiaAlabamaMissouriColoradoNew YorkOhioNationUtahNorth CarolinaIllinoisConnecticutFloridaOklahomaOregonMontanaMarylandArkansasTennesseeMississippiSouth CarolinaIdahoNew MexicoHawaiiNew JerseyLouisianaTexasWashingtonGeorgiaNevadaAlaska

WA 2nd in the Nation for Innovation

WA 46th in the Nation for College-Going

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 20080

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10,00012,00014,00016,000

13,667

10,297

9,0587,798

Per Student Funding

Massachusetts United States Washington North Carolina

Source: http://k12spending.econw.com

Governance in 1961

Good Early Learning News

Revenue RealitiesLitigation To The Rescue?

Ross Hunter’s Levy Shift Plan

A+ Washington: A Way Forward For All Students

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www.excellentschoolsnow.org

Session Hot Spots: Reform Legislation To Include

Public Charter Schools

“Schools That Work”Why LEV Is Interested In Local Work

And How You Can Engage

2012 Politics: Federal, State and Local Races

Bargaining and Education Reform

Education Key To Our Economic Future

Now What?

• Q&A

• Follow-up

Frank Ordwayfrank@educationvoters.org

Lisa Macfarlanelisa@dfer.org