International Center for Leadership in Education

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International Center for Leadership in Education
The Education ChallengePreparing Students for
Their FutureJuly 29, 2008

• Dr. Willard R. Daggett

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Rigor/Relevance - All
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International Center Finding

• Nations top performing
• Nations most rapidly improving

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Culture to Support Change

• 10 lbs. Loss

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Todays Youth

• Technologically literate

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1983 A Nation at Risk

• E-mail
• Web pages
• Google
• iPODs
• Laptops
• Digital cameras
• Doppler radar
• Cell phones

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2000

• Blogs
• Wikis
• Tagging
• Text messaging
• MySpace
• Podcasts
• PDAs

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E-Mail

• Adult use often

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E-Mail

• Adult use often
• 14 of teens use often

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Content Creation Social Media

• Facebook
• MySpace
• Flickr
• YouTube
• Blogs
• Personal Web Pages

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Use of Social Media Among Online Teens
Teens from single-parent or lower-income
households are more likely to blog than affluent
teens in more traditional households.
Source Pew/Internet American Life Project,
Teens and Social Media, 2007
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Todays Youth

• Technologically literate
• Trophy generation

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Todays Youth

• Technologically literate
• Trophy generation
• Claim independence but return home
• Increasingly bored with school

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Challenges

• Globalization

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China today exports in a single day more than
exported in all of 1978.
Source The Rise of India and China . . .
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Savings Rate

• 1. India -- 25
• 2. Japan -- 28
• 3. Korea -- 30
• 4. China -- 50
• 5. United States -- (-4)

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U.S. 2nd Half of 20th Century

• Only Superpower
• Highest per Capita Income
• 1st in Economic Growth
• 5 of Population gt 24 of Consumption

Source National Academy of Science 2007
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U.S. has last key industries, its people stopped
saving money, and its government has become
increasingly indebted to Asian Central Banks
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Challenges

• Globalization
• Technology

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• Information Technology
• Processing
• Communications

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Emotiv

• 16 embedded sensors
• Detect facial expressions and emotions
• Push, pull, lift, and drop

http//emotiv.com/INDS_3/inds_3.html
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• Bio Technology
• Biological Science
• Practical Application

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• Nano Technology
• Atom Up

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2000
Info Tech
Nano Tech
Bio Tech
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2008
Info Tech
Nano Tech
Bio Tech
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2012
Info Tech
Nano Tech
Bio Tech
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Chinese Science
Source Ed Week 6/6/07
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Rigor/Relevance - All
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CRCT / GHSGT English LA Performance Standards
Tested
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ProficiencyGrade 4 Reading
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ProficiencyGrade 4 Reading
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ProficiencyGrade 8 Reading
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ProficiencyGrade 8 Reading
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ProficiencyGrade 4 Mathematics
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ProficiencyGrade 4 Mathematics
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ProficiencyGrade 8 Mathematics
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ProficiencyGrade 8 Mathematics
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Literacy is Key
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Lexile Framework for Reading Study Summary of
Text Lexile Measures
Interquartile Ranges Shown (25 - 75)
1600
1400
1200
Text Lexile Measure (L)
1000
800
600
High School Literature
College Literature
High School Textbooks
College Textbooks
Military
Personal Use
Entry-Level Occupations
SAT 1, ACT, AP
Source of National Test Data MetaMetrics
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Rigor/Relevance - All
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Application Model

• 1. Knowledge in one discipline
• 2. Application within discipline
• 3. Application across disciplines
• 4. Application to real-world predictable
  situations
• 5. Application to real-world unpredictable
  situations

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Rigor/Relevance For All Students
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Knowledge Taxonomy

• 1. Awareness
• 2. Comprehension
• 3. Application
• 4. Analysis
• 5. Synthesis
• 6. Evaluation

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Application Model

• 1. Knowledge in one discipline
• 2. Application within discipline
• 3. Application across disciplines
• 4. Application to real-world predictable
  situations
• 5. Application to real-world unpredictable
  situations

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Levels
Blooms
C D A B
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5
4
3
2
1 2 3 4 5
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Application
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
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• Obtain historical data about local weather to
  predict the chance of snow, rain, or sun during
  year.
• Test consumer products and illustrate the data
  graphically.
• Plan a large school event and calculate resources
  (food, decorations, etc.) you need to organize
  and hold this event.
• Make a scale drawing of the classroom on grid
  paper, each group using a different scale.

• Analyze the graphs of the perimeters and areas of
  squares having different-length sides.
• Determine the largest rectangular area for a
  fixed perimeter.
• Identify coordinates for ordered pairs that
  satisfy an algebraic relation or function.
• Determine and justify the similarity or
  congruence for two geometric shapes.

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C
5
4
3

• Calculate percentages of advertising in a
  newspaper.
• Tour the school building and identify examples of
  parallel and perpendicular lines, planes, and
  angles.
• Determine the median and mode of real data
  displayed in a histogram
• Organize and display collected data, using
  appropriate tables, charts, or graphs.

• Express probabilities as fractions, percents, or
  decimals.
• Classify triangles according to angle size and/or
  length of sides.
• Calculate volume of simple three- dimensional
  shapes.
• Given the coordinates of a quadrilateral, plot
  the quadrilateral on a grid.

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B
A
1
1
2
3
4
5
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
6

• Obtain historical data about local weather to
  predict the chance of snow, rain, or sun during
  year.
• Test consumer products and illustrate the data
  graphically.
• Plan a large school event and calculate resources
  (food, decorations, etc.) you need to organize
  and hold this event.
• Make a scale drawing of the classroom on grid
  paper, each group using a different scale.

• Analyze the graphs of the perimeters and areas of
  squares having different-length sides.
• Determine the largest rectangular area for a
  fixed perimeter.
• Identify coordinates for ordered pairs that
  satisfy an algebraic relation or function.
• Determine and justify the similarity or
  congruence for two geometric shapes.

D
C

• Express probabilities as fractions, percents, or
  decimals.
• Classify triangles according to angle size and/or
  length of sides.
• Calculate volume of simple three- dimensional
  shapes.
• Given the coordinates of a quadrilateral, plot
  the quadrilateral on a grid.

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4
3

• Calculate percentages of advertising in a
  newspaper.
• Tour the school building and identify examples of
  parallel and perpendicular lines, planes, and
  angles.
• Determine the median and mode of real data
  displayed in a histogram
• Organize and display collected data, using
  appropriate tables, charts, or graphs.

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B
A
1
1
2
3
4
5
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
6

• Obtain historical data about local weather to
  predict the chance of snow, rain, or sun during
  year.
• Test consumer products and illustrate the data
  graphically.
• Plan a large school event and calculate resources
  (food, decorations, etc.) you need to organize
  and hold this event.
• Make a scale drawing of the classroom on grid
  paper, each group using a different scale.

• Analyze the graphs of the perimeters and areas of
  squares having different-length sides.
• Determine the largest rectangular area for a
  fixed perimeter.
• Identify coordinates for ordered pairs that
  satisfy an algebraic relation or function.
• Determine and justify the similarity or
  congruence for two geometric shapes.

• Calculate percentages of advertising in a
  newspaper.
• Tour the school building and identify examples of
  parallel and perpendicular lines, planes, and
  angles.
• Determine the median and mode of real data
  displayed in a histogram.
• Organize and display collected data, using
  appropriate tables, charts, or graphs.

D
C
5
4
3

• Express probabilities as fractions, percents, or
  decimals.
• Classify triangles according to angle size and/or
  length of sides.
• Calculate volume of simple three- dimensional
  shapes.
• Given the coordinates of a quadrilateral, plot
  the quadrilateral on a grid.

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B
A
1
1
2
3
4
5
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Levels
Blooms
C D A B
6
5
4
3
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Application
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Georgia Arts Education
Updating with new Performance Standards
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Georgia Career and Technical Education
 
Updating with new Performance Standards
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Rigor/Relevance - All
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Successful Practices Network

• Mission
• Rigor, Relevance, and Relationship for ALL
  Learners
• Good to Great
• Best Practices
• Sustainability

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Successful Practices Network

• 2003
• SPN 1.0
• 600 Schools
• 2008
• SPN 2.0
• 200 Schools

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Leadership Initiative

• Education leaders
• Business leaders

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Leadership Initiative

• Built on Successful Practices
• Based on Student Performance
• Requires Leadership Teams

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Mark Your Calendar!
17th Annual Model Schools Conference June 28-
July 1, 2009 Atlanta
Visit www.LeaderEd.com for more information
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International Center for Leadership in Education,
Inc.
1587 Route 146 Rexford, NY 12148 Phone (518)
399-2776 Fax [phone] E-mail -
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