Transcript Earning By Learning

2777 Stemmons Freeway Suite 841 - Dallas, Texas 75207
www.eblofdallas.org
Discover the Joy.
Read!
OUR VISION
Our vision is to
encourage children
to discover the joy of
reading through
collaborative efforts
with school districts
and communities.
OUR MISSION
Earning by Learning
of Dallas (EBL) is an
incentive program
designed to
encourage children
to read.
Maybe you
didn’t know that…
Earning by Learning
is the only incentive
based reading
program in the
Dallas-Ft. Worth area.
Reaching out to…
Nearly 8,000 children annually
(Grade Levels Vary)
in the Dallas Independent School District
(2006-07: 43 DISD campuses )
plus
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas
Circle of Support
Dallas After School All Stars
Jeffries Street Learning Center
Salvation Army
St. Anthony Community Center
St. Philip’s School & Community Center
Tejas Girls Scouts
West Dallas Community Centers
…and embracing the changing
faces of Dallas-Ft. Worth
• The program works
for all students with
varied abilities.
• The program meets
students where they
are.
• Provides more time
for personalized
instruction and
practice
• The program is
designed to include
non-English speaking
students.
• The program
integrates reading
and technology.
• Increases reading
comprehension
The format is simple.
Children read through
computerized software
book quizzes,
mentoring, and cash
incentives.
THE RESULTS ARE PROVEN
Number of Books Read
80,000
70,000
60,000
50,000
40,000
Books Read
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
2000
2002
2004
2006
IT DOES WORK
Incentives Given
160,000
140,000
120,000
100,000
80,000
Money Given
60,000
40,000
20,000
0
1999
2001
2004
2006
EBL OVERALL STATISTICS
1996 - 2007
Participants
63,272
Books Read
594,526(46,292)
Cash Incentives
1,189.052
Avg. Book / Per Child
10
Overall Participation
Rate
72%
PROGRAM success
In a 2006 Dallas ISD research study, librarians, teachers,
and school coordinators indicated that:
EBL students read more outside of class.
Although the cash reward was welcome, it was not
the primary motivator for students to read.
The program was appropriate for ESL students.
Increased reading comprehension.
Increased number of books read outside of the
classroom.
Prior DISD study in 2001 compared
student TAAS RESULTS
EBL student TAAS results are better than
non-EBL students.
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EBL
Non-EBL
5th grade
Harvard University and Earning by
Learning’s Collaboration
• Thanks to a grant from the Smith Richardson Foundation, Dr. Roland
Fryer and his team in the Economics Department at Harvard
University will evaluate the Earning by Learning. The study will look
at the effect of monetary incentives on the amount of student reading.
Dr. Fryer will also evaluate the effect of incentives on student reading
ability,
• Dr. Fryer talks about the implications of the Harvard study with
Earning by Learning. “The achievement gap is perhaps America’s
most pressing domestic concern. Many elaborate attempts have been
made to close the gap, with little success. We propose to build on and
scientifically estimate the intuition educators and parents have had for
centuries-that incentives work. Our experiment presents a promising
and little explored avenue to combat the racial achievement gap by
providing small tangible incentives to children for them to learn
behavior that are in their long-term best interest.”
READING CELEBRATIONS
Presented 2 Times a Year!
HISTORY
The true success of
Earning by Learning
lies in a community
that cares.
A SOCIAL return
Earning by Learning
partners with
corporations who
desire a social return
on human capital.
STRATEGIC partners
Richard A.(Ricky) Rudine Memorial Fund
of the Communities Foundation of Texas
New Car Dealers Association of
Metropolitan Dallas
Washington Mutual
Other STRATEGIC partners
Inwood Bank
The Esping Family Foundation
The Lightner Sams Foundation
The Harold Simmons Foundation
OTHER partners
Inwood Bank
The Esping Family Foundation
The Harold Simmons Foundation
The Ligtner Sams Foundation
Foundation for Community Empowerment
Western American National Bank
Minyard/Carnival/Sack-n-Save
Northeast National Bank
NBC5
Legend Press
The Service Group
Dallas Chocolates/Xocolatl’ Room
Radio Disney AM620
The Valvoline Company
The Dallas Morning News
Don Herring Mitsubishi North and South Dealerships
OTHER partners
K104
Channel 4
The McCuistion Report
University of North Texas Dallas Campus
Renaissance Learning
African American Read-In
The Freeman Companies
Star Telegram
OTHER partners
Jupiter Chevrolet Oldsmobile
Prestige Ford
American Transfers & Tours
KSTR-TV
Black Images Book Bazaar
DFW Book Bank
Dallas Arboretum
96.3 KSCS
Bank of America
American Airlines
Dallas Public Library
Goodson Acura
Toyota of Irving
United Healthcare
McGriff, Seibels & Williams
Reliance Standard Life
Delta Dental
Blue Cross
Cigna Healthcare
What’s happened…
2 Round Table Discussions and Ad
Hoc Committee Recommendations
Chamberlain’s, our official EBL restaurant, hosted two roundtable
discussions and lunch with EBL students, coordinators and other
prominent citizens within our communities. The roundtable discussions
focused on making reading a top priority in Dallas. Keeping children and
literacy first!
More recent 30 key community stakeholders (EBL’s ad hoc committee)
presented recommendations to assist in alerting and engaging Dallas
citizens in greater awareness of our city’s illiteracy crisis.
Earning by Learning promotes
healthy savings habits to students
READ AND SAVE
Earning by Learning has partnered
with financial institutions and
Independent School Districts in
order to assist EBL students in the
importance of saving.
Washington Mutual
Inwood Bank
Western American National Bank
Northeast National Bank
Earning by Learning encourages its
students to be contributors
to the community
READ AND GIVE BACK
It is a novel way to teach children
the power of reading and the
gratification of helping others.
• All proceeds earned by the
students are donated to the
library.
• EBL students help the librarian to
select the books purchased.
• Their name is recorded on the
inside of each book donated.
Setting our goals high…
Earning by Learning introduces
Read and Graduate…from College
Each semester, many of the area's
most successful college graduates
are invited to discuss all aspects of
attaining a college degree, from
initial challenges to life-long
benefits.
Ultimately, Earning by Learning
students walk away with a real-life
association between current
reading and long-term success.
READING EVENTS
Annual Celebrity Guest Read sponsored
by Dallas Chocolates/Xocolatl’ Room
READING
events
An educationalentertainment program
combining the art of
ventriloquism, song and
an important message
about reading.
Interactive novel study in the
DeGolyer Estate Library with a nationally
acclaimed children’s author.
Author shares literary perspectives and the process of research,
development and publication of stories.
Entertainment, food, and a tour of the botanical gardens of the
Dallas Arboretum.
Earning by Learning Summer Reading
Institute hosted at the University of North
Texas Dallas Campus
• The first of its kind in the
southern sector
• One week intensive study
in reading comprehension,
vocabulary development,
and power writing
• Fifty incoming 5th, 6th, and
7th graders are selected
through an application
process. One participant
receives a $4,000
scholarship at the end of
the Institute.
City Wide
Effort
EBL allows corporate, foundations, school,
non-profit and civic organizations to partner in a city wide
effort to promote literacy.
VOLUNTEER opportunities
Be a Mentor
Become a Board Member
Be a Guest Speaker
Join A Committee
Become an Executive on Loan
HOW CAN your help?
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Financial Contributions
Volunteer Opportunities
Become a Guest Speaker
Sponsor a Reading Event
Be a program intern
Adopt a School
Be a Prominent Sponsor at
our annual Dallas Auto Show
Preview Party
• Sponsor the EBL bookmobile
• Sponsor a teacher
appreciation event
In the
end…
Earning by Learning gives all children equal
access to a greater life.
A New
Day
The Stand for Children and Literacy is an ever evolving
process. Today simply marks the beginning of a new
moment in time to refocus and recommit.
It’s a new day, not yet promised,
to get it right.
Thank you to a board, advisory council,
and staff that make it all possible.
Board of Directors
Sha Butler, Secretary
Civic Volunteer
Drew Campbell
New Car Dealers Association
Angela Johnson-Fisher, VP
Ex Officio.
Ed Fjordbak
Texas Capital Bank
J. Cook
Communities Foundation of Texas
Deaf Action Center
Scott Gibbs
McGriff, Seibels and Williams of TX
Joseph Hardeman, Treasurer
Advisory Council
Marc Hoffman
The Honorable Ron Kirk
The Honorable Royce West
John Driver
Carolyn Green
Michael Lunceford
Dr. Mary Morris
Judy Oldner
Carol Reed
Clark Richardson
Andy Siegel
Washington Mutual
Inwood Bank
Jo McKinley, President
New Car Dealers Association
Rosemary Morice
Former Dallas ISD Administrator
Robert Todd
City Realty Group
Reading and Advisors
Committee
Leslie Beatty
Peggy Marrin
William Toles
Executive Director
Thelma Morris-Lindsey
Special Events Planner/Adm.
Iretha DeSouza
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