Understanding Stimulus Funding and Leveraging Philanthropy to Support

Long-Term Education Goals A Webinar for the Foundation Community

February 16, 2010

Charles P. Rose, General CounselJudy Wurtzel, Deputy Assistant Secretary,

Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development

Hosted by Foundation Center in partnership withthe Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers

Foundations forEducation Excellence

http://foundationcenter.org/educationexcellence

• ED Goals and Strategies• ARRA• Proposed Education Budget (2011)• ESEA Reauthorization• What Can Foundations Do to Drive Reform?• Q & A

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Webinar Roadmap

COLLEGE AND CAREER COLLEGE AND CAREER ATTAINMENTATTAINMENT

LITERACY & NUMERACY BY

3RD GRADE

INCREASED ACCESS & AFFORDABILITY

COLLEGE & COLLEGE & CAREERCAREERK-12K-12EARLY EARLY

LEARNINGLEARNING

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EFFECTIVE TEACHING & LEARNING

Cradle-to-Careers Education Plan

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~ $69 Billion in Awards+ 400,000 Jobs

1. Standards & Assessments2. Teacher Effectiveness &

Equitable Distribution3. Data systems4. School turnarounds

Spend Now to Save and Create Jobs

Drive Education

Reform

American Recovery &Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

Impact as of 1/30/10

TitleTitle

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Teacher Teacher Incentive $200 MIncentive $200 M

State Fiscal Stabilization $48.6 BState Fiscal Stabilization $48.6 B

Data Systems Data Systems $250 M$250 M

Ed Tech $650 MEd Tech $650 M

School Improvement School Improvement $3 B$3 B

Innovation Fund Innovation Fund $650 M$650 M

Race to the Top $4.35 B Race to the Top $4.35 B

College & CareerK - 12Early Learning

Title I$10 B

IDEA$12.2 B

RTT Phase I

School Improvement GrantsSEAs & LEAs

Investing in Innovation (i3)

Teacher Incentive Fund

RTTPhase II

Winter 2009-2010 Spring 2010 Summer 2010

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College Access Student aid serving nearly 15 million studentsEarly Learning $8.9 billion in competitive grants over 10

yearsK-12 Reform $3 billion increase;

$1 billion more if ESEA is reauthorized

• Promoting Innovation: $2.3B (+1.9B)• School Turnaround: $900M (+350M)• Excellent Instructional Teams: $3.9B (+350M)• Supporting Student Success: $1.8B (+250M)• Complete Education: $1.0B (195+M)

2011 Proposed Education Budget Highlights

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ESEA Reauthorization: Overarching Themes

Raise the Bar for all students, Close the GapRaise the Bar for all students, Close the Gap

Tight on goals, loose on meansTight on goals, loose on means

Value effective teachers and leadersValue effective teachers and leaders

Focus on data for continuous improvementFocus on data for continuous improvement

Develop cultures of innovation & excellenceDevelop cultures of innovation & excellence

Recognize, reward, & bring success to scaleRecognize, reward, & bring success to scale

Consolidation and competitive programsConsolidation and competitive programs

No recognition for success

Real rewards for schools, districts and states showing student growth and school progress

“Race to the bottom” for state standards

States adopt college- and career-ready standards

Develop and support better assessments; fuller picture of school successExclusive focus on tests

Targets and meaningfully invests in lowest performing schoolsOver-identifies schools

ESEA Reauthorization: Accountability

Holding every level of the system responsible for improvement and support

Exclusive focus at the school level

NCLB Reauthorization Proposal

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Minimal focus on school leadership

Major investment in preparing and supporting principals and other leaders

Focus on evaluating, rewarding and retaining effective educators; and determining impact of

professional development investments

Focused on inputs, not what happens in the

classroom

Enforce equity plans and focus on broader measures of quality

Equitable distribution requirements not

meaningful

NCLB Reauthorization Proposal

Not focused on building the profession

Focus on instructional teams, collaboration and use of data for improvement

ESEA Reauthorization: Teachers & Leaders

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Minimal focus on teacher preparation Invest in high performing pathways

ED Investment and Policies are SpurringAdvances in Key Reform Areas

Reform Area Current ED FocusTeachers & Leader Quality

• Performance-based systems of evaluation and reward• Increased pathways into the profession

Data • Common data standards and definitions• State longitudinal data systems

Standards & Assessments

• Robust and efficient summative assessments

School Turnaround

• Increased demand and operating funding for effective school turnaround models

College Access & Success

• Reduced financial barriers to post-secondary

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…Leaving “Gaps” to be Addressed…Reform Area Gaps

Teachers & Leader Quality

• Selection, evaluation, and development systems validated against student achievement

• Preparation programs for turnaround leadership• Improved HR systems and HR leaders

Data • Teacher, student and parent-friendly data systems to improve transparency, decision making, and practice

• Demand for data use

Standards & Assessments

• Curricula aligned to new standards and assessments• High-quality formative and interim assessments

School Turnaround

• Improved scaling of school turnaround models• Pipeline of qualified leaders and staff• Community and student supports

College Access & Success

• Higher-intensity and lower-cost student guidance and support 13

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Role for Philanthropy

• Foundations are responsible for many education innovations government is now scaling. Opportunity for changing foundation roles:

Supporting implementationCalling for reform

Advancing research and data as part of continuous improvement

Driving selective research

From To

Funding Demonstration

s

Capacity building inpreparation for scaling

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Role for Philanthropy, Continued

Convening, Knowledge

Development & Public

Leadership

Convening, Knowledge

Development & Public

Leadership

SupportImplementation

& CapacityBuilding

SupportImplementation

& CapacityBuilding

Partner Locally, Regionally & Nationally to

Scale Reforms

Partner Locally, Regionally & Nationally to

Scale Reforms

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Concluding Remarks

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Questions and Answers

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