Challenges and Changes for Culturally Responsive Schools
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Challenges and Changes for Culturally Responsive
Schools
What does the future require?
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Today's graduates need to be critical thinkers, problem solvers, collaborators and effective communicators
What colleges are seeing
American high schools in general fail to prepare students for post-secondary work
A high school degree no longer demonstrates that a graduate is ready for college
Diploma to NowhereStrong American Schools
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Percentage of college students needing
remediation In 2004
2-year colleges – 43% 4 –year colleges – 29% 64% who are enrolled in one remedial
course have to take more than one
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ESL students are even less-well prepared
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Cost of remediation
At a cost of $1600 - $2,500/student Total Cost of remediation = @ $2.31 -
$2.89 billion dollars
Impact on Students
Dropping out Dismay Discouragement Disillusionment
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Impact on our future
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Two Main Contributing Factors
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Mismatch between what K-12 teachers think and what
colleges expect
Conflicting Mental Models
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Policy Makers
Educators
Ways to demonstrate improvement
STOP!