A Different Dayor

Going GPS in Public Education

State Superintendent June Atkinson

Elementary School

High School

Middle School

College and Career Ready

Personalize

Customize

National Voluntary Standards

Destination

Analyzing

Legend:

100% - 95% Yellow

94% - 90% Blue

89% - 85% Green

84% - 80% Red

2008-09 Graduation Rates by LEA

Western RegionHighest LEA Graduation Rate

• Clay County – 87.6%

• Polk County – 82.1%

• Yancey County – 80.6%

Northwest RegionHighest LEA Graduation Rate

• Elkin City – 88.2%

• Catawba County – 83.8%

• Mount Airy City Schools – 81.8%

• Avery County Schools – 81.0%

Top Two Schools by 9th Grade Cohort Size – 100-199

• Hendersonville High (W) – 96.4%Henderson County

• Murphy High (W) – 87.8%Cherokee County

• Mount Airy High (NW) – 81.8%Mount Airy City

• East Wilkes High (NW) – 81.5%Wilkes County

Top Two Schools by 9th Grade Cohort Size – 200-299

• Fred T. Foard High (NW) – 89.4%Catawba County

• West Henderson High (W) – 89.1%Henderson County

• North Buncombe High (W) – 87.9%Buncombe County

• Hibriten High (NW) – 76.7%Caldwell County

Top Two Schools by 9th Grade Cohort Size – 300-399

• St. Stephens High (NW) – 89.3%

Catawba County

• A.C. Reynolds High (W) – 82.7%

Buncombe County

• Hickory High (NW) – 81.1%

Hickory City

• Enka High (W) – 76.3%

Buncombe County

Top Two Schools by 9th Grade * Cohort Size – 400-499

• Lake Norman High (NW) – 92.8%Iredell County

• West Forsyth High (NW) – 86.9%Forsyth County

• McDowell High (W) - 75.4%• McDowell County

*no other school this cohort size in W

Top Two Schools by 9th Grade* Cohort Size – 500+

• Davie County High (NW) – 71.9%

Davie County

*No other schools in W and NW had 500+ cohort size

Graduation Rate Benchmark

Race

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The

Top

Re-calculating

FormativeandBenchmarkAssessments

Multi-delivery

• Cloud computing

• 24/7/7 learning

• Diagnostic software

• Virtual learning

• Social networks

• Second life

• Multi-user virtual environment (MUVEs)

• School Gathering place

• Instructor Learning coach

• Desk Anywhere, anytime

• 180 days, Variable,

1000 hours individualized

• Face to face Virtual

Personalized Education for Each Student

Technology

“We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.”

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Why

We

Must

Work

Together

Going GPS in Public Education

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