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A Compelling Case for RtI
By Mike Mattos
Pictures added by Sudha
Venkatean from LAUSD/LD6
Our Mission…
To assure high levels of learning
for all students!
Success and failure in school is, quite
literally, life and death for our students.
For students who fail in our educational
system, the reality is that there are
virtually no paths of opportunity.
The likely pathway for student who
struggle in school is an adult life of
Poverty
Dropouts on average earn about $12,000 per year,
nearly 50 percent less than those who have a high
school diploma.
Over 90 million U.S. adults nearly one out of two,
are functionally illiterate or near illiterate, without the
minimum skills required in a modern society.
44 million cannot read a newspaper
or fill out a job application.
Another 50 million more cannot read or comprehend
above the eighth grade level.
Poverty…
43 percent of people with the lowest
literacy skills live below the
government's official poverty line
Larry Roberts, Illiteracy on the Rise in America http://www.wsws.org
Incarceration
Russia and the U.S. are now the world
leaders in incarceration, with
imprisonment rates 6 to10 times that of
most industrialized nations.
Incarceration -Across the United States, 82%
of prison inmates are dropouts and 70% are
functionally illiterate who read at the fourth
grade level.
Incarceration -85% of juvenile offenders
have reading problems.
Youth in Correctional Facilities
Average age: 15
Average Reading Level: 4th Grade
(30% below this level)
Social Costs
75% of those claiming welfare
are functionally illiterate.
Is a high school diploma enough for our
current students to be competitive in
the global marketplace?
Education and Lifelong Earning:
High School Drop Out:
High School Graduate:
Some College:
Associate Degree:
Bachelors Degree:
Masters Degree:
Doctorate:
$608,000
$802,000
$922,890
$1,062,130
$1,420,850
$2,142,440
$3,012,300
James Waller, Face to Face: The Changing State of Racism Across America
2006 College
Graduates
US: 1.3 Million
India: 3.1 Million
China: 3.3 Million
What do we mean
by “high” levels
of learning?
“High School + Plus”
What must we do to save the
system?
We must stop doing what we
have done for 100 years…
Our Dilemma:
Our traditional US
school system was
not designed to
ensure that all
students learn
at high levels
What do we prepare our kids for?
THIS
OR THIS ?
Digital Classroom
WHAT WE DO MATTERS!!!