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Student Success 2025

To be released September 16, 2015

Delaware P-20 Council

July 13th, 2015

Ernest J. Dianastasis
Chair, Vision Coalition
Managing Director, CAI

Vision Coalition
Leadership Team Members

H. Raye Jones Avery

Frederika Jenner

Mark Murphy

Executive Director
Christina Cultural Arts Center

President
Delaware State Education
Association

Secretary
Delaware Department of Education

Susan Bunting

Mark Holodick

Susan Perry-Manning

Superintendent
Indian River School District

Superintendent
Brandywine School District

Executive Director
Delaware Office of Early Learning

Lamont Browne

Kurt Landgraf

Daniel Rich

Executive Director
EastSide Charter School and
Family Foundations Academy

Former President and CEO

ETS

Professor of Public Policy

University of Delaware

Paul Herdman

Jorge Melendez

Gary Stockbridge

President and CEO

Rodel Foundation of Delaware

Vice President
Delaware State Board of
Education

President
Delmarva Power

Were on the right track

Weve made great progress.
With even more, Delaware can lead the nation.
Delaware Education Accomplishments (20062014)
Increased student achievement on a more rigorous state assessment

More kids going to college than ever before

A 30-year low in the dropout rate
More high school students takingand passingcollege courses during high
school
More access to quality early learning opportunities
Better career and leadership opportunities for educators
Two-time top winner of Race to the Top competitions, bringing extra federal
resources into our early learning and K12 systems
75% of the recommendations put forth by Vision 2015 have been addressed.
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But we have more work to do

Only about a third of students are reading or doing
math at grade level.

Achievement gaps remain high.

College completion rates are too low.

Resources are constrained and inflexible.

Process and Timeline

Surveyed and

Convened working

interviewed
Delawareans

groups to develop
recommendations

Gathered national and

international research
and best practices

Established a Steering
Committee

Gathered feedback
from national and
international experts

Developed a draft
vision to share

Building on vision,
Delawareans from
across the state shared
their perspectives

Provided broad
forums and other
opportunities for
Delawareans to
imagine the future
of education
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Incorporated public
input and feedback into
the draft plan

Explored
recommendations
at annual conference

Publicly release
the final plan,
September 2015

During 2014, 4,000 Delawareans including

1,000 students shared their perspectives
Educators

Early
Learning
Leaders

Principals

Policymakers

School
Boards

Business
Leaders
Higher
Education
Parents
State
Courts
Superintendents
Foundations

Community
Partners

Health
Organizations

Students
Innovation
Experts

Arts
Organizations
Faith
Leaders

Policy
Experts
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Public Collaboration
Broad representation across Leadership Team,
Steering Committee, and Working Groups
Including many P-20 council member organizations
(full list available on visioncoalitionde.org)

Dozens of presentations, including one to the

P-20 Council in July 2014
Community Conversations: Two meetings per county
throughout June August 2014

Seventh Annual Conference on Education,

October 2014
MindMixer, an online platform for idea sharing
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Highlights of What Weve Heard

Support for excellent educators
Parent/family and community
involvement
A whole child approach

Equitable funding
Growing pockets of
success to improve
education system-wide
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What Weve Heard From Students

Students say they
Go to school in order to graduate
and go to college
Want to learn skills and get a job
Appreciate relevance to their
lives
Want exposure to college and
career connections

Learn most when they are

engaged using videos, debates,
real world or personalized
examples
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We asked 4,000 Delawareans: What skills and attributes

does an educated Delawarean need to have in 2025?

Life and Career

Skills

Learning
and
Innovation
Skills

Interpersonal
and
Citizenship
Skills

Communication and
Information Skills

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The result of this 20 month process is

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Moving the Vision to Education in

Delaware Forward

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A North Star for Our Students

The beacon for our vision to improve public schools for every Delaware student

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Student Success 2025: What it Will Take

Recommendations in Six Core Areas

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Student Success 2025

Progress Underway
Expansion of language
immersion programs
8,000 students to be in
K-8 immersion programs
by 2020

Blended learning and

one-to-one initiatives
75,000 students on statewide
platform, Schoology

Teacher candidate
residency
programs
to serve dozens of
candidates in yearlong in-classroom
experience next year

Expanded dual
enrollment and AP
course offerings
More than doubled
the number of
students taking and
passing Advanced
Placement exams
since 2000
Improved
teacher mentoring
Grants given to 15
LEAs in 2015-16 for
locally-designed
induction program
serving 1,200 novice
educators

Early childhood quality

improvements
58% of low income children
enrolled in high quality
programs

Districts launching
new career
pathways
Grants given to
launch pathways in
15 schools in IT,
manufacturing, and
hospitality
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Whats Next
We invite you to join the Vision Coalition in reimagining
the future of learning, and to help make
Student Success 2025 a reality

Join us for the Launch of Student Success 2025

September 16th, 2015
10 a.m. at Delaware Technical Community College
Dover Campus

After the Launch:

Sponsor a session to discuss the plan
Help implement one of the core areas
Visit www.visioncoalitionde.org to register for the Launch
and for more information
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