School Superintendents

Champions for Children and

Public Education

“The Superintendent is the voice for all the children in the community, including the many children that would have no voice if not for the Superintendent. Today, more than ever, America’s Superintendents have the awesome responsibility to protect public education from the private and political interests that regard our schools as investment opportunities for corporate gains rather than fostering the American tradition of an educated community that is the core of our democratic process.”

We are not falling behind, we are pulling apart.

Poverty is a Reality

Not an Excuse

Poverty is the single greatest factor limiting student achievement

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD

OUR UNFINISHED TASK:

15

MANY LOW-INCOME STUDENTS FAIL TO COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL

OUR UNFINISHED TASK:

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DISPARITIES IN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION

OUR UNFINISHED TASK:

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ONLY 29% OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS GO TO COLLEGE

OUR UNFINISHED TASK:

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ONLY 9% OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS COMPLETE COLLEGE

Education is the key to breaking out of the poverty

cycle

Wisconsin -15.3%

The 5% of schools that the USDE wants identified as low performing are defining the remaining 95%, but those schools are doing better than ever!

The dropout rate has been declining since 1972

Status dropout rates of 16 through 24 year olds – Census Bureau

US Dept of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey

And high school completion rates have been trending up.

PROGRESS: RESULTS FOR STUDENTS

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THE HIGHEST HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE IN DECADES

PROGRESS: RESULTS FOR STUDENTS

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MORE HISPANIC STUDENTS ATTENDING COLLEGE

NAEP scores in 4th and 8th grade math have never been higher than

they are today!

NAEP scores in 4th and 8th grade reading have never been higher

than they are today!

Invest in the Young

Educating the total child. It’s

a community effort..

Any questions?Any questions?

Dan DomenechExecutive DirectorAASA: The School AASA: The School

Superintendents AssociationSuperintendents Association1615 Duke St.

Alexandria, VA 22314(703) 875- 0722

ddomenech@aasa.org