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One D Dropout Prevention Summit and Retreat

Day One

Welcome and Introduction

Lewis N. Walker, President, Lawrence Technological University [audio MP3]

High School Graduation Rates and Costs: An in-depth look at local and national trends

Moderator: Shirley Stancato, President and CEO, New Detroit [audio MP3]

Panelists:

Charles Hiteshew, Chief Operations Officer, America’s Promise [audio MP3]

Sharif Shakrani, Co-director, Michigan State University Education Policy Center [presentation PDF] [audio MP3]

Joanna Fox, Senior Policy Analyst and Program Director, Center for Social Organization of Schools at Johns Hopkins University [audio MP3]

Question and Answer session [audio MP3]

The School Turnaround Framework: Lessons learn from high achieving, high poverty, high schools.

Moderator: Michael Brennan, President and CEO, United Way for Southeastern Michigan [audio MP3]

Panelists:

Meghan O’Keefe, Project Director of School Turnaround Strategies, Mass Insight [presentation PDF] [audio MP3]

Alan Anderson, Director of the Office of School Turnarounds, Chicago Public Schools [presentation PDF] [audio MP3]

Irving Hamer, former Deputy Superintendent, Miami-Dade Public Schools [audio MP3]

Question and Answer session [audio MP3]

Keynote

Carol Goss, President and CEO
The Skillman Foundation [audio MP3]

The Honorable Jennifer M. Granholm
Governor, State of Michigan [audio MP3]

Question and Answer session [audio MP3]

Local Leadership: Plans and Expectations for Meeting the School Turnaround Challenge

Moderator: Reginald Turner, Board Member, State of Michigan Board of Education [audio MP3]

Panelists:

Dr. Connie Calloway, Superintendent, Detroit Public Schools [audio MP3]

David Hecker, President, AFT Michigan [audio MP3]

Question and Answer session [audio MP3]

Turnaround Experts Roundtable: Lessons and Models of School Turnaround Partners

Moderator: Leslie Murphy, Incoming Chair, Detroit Regional Chamber [audio MP3]

Panelists:

Adalberto Andino, Vice President, Institute for Student Achievement [audio MP3]

Deborah Howard, Director of Education Strategy, EdWorks [presentation PDF] [audio MP3]

Jim Connell, CEO, First Things First [presentation PDF] [audio MP3]

Irving Hamer, Executive Vice President, The Millenium Group [audio MP3]

Question and Answer session [audio MP3]

Day One Wrap Up

Michael Tenbusch, Senior Director Eductional Preparedness, United Way for Southeastern Michigan [audio MP3]

Day Two

Opening

Shirley Stancato, President and CEO, New Detroit [audio MP3]

Graduation Rates as a Social Equity Issue

Mike Flanagan, State Superintendent of Public Instruction [audio MP3]

Question and Answer session [audio MP3]

Youth Perspectives: Insights from Students

Moderator: Paula Tutman, WDIV [audio MP3]

Student stories [audio MP3]

A Call to Action

Edsel Ford [audio MP3]

Small Group Break Outs

Summit materials:

Turnaround Summit update PDF

Agenda. PDF

Photos

Presentations

Team Collaboration Website *NEW*

Additional reading:

The Silent Epidemic
Perspectives of High School Dropouts
PDF

Meeting the Turnaround Challenge: Executive Report to the Skillman Foundation This is a PDF document

The Turnaround Challenge: Why America’s best opportunity to dramatically improve student achievement lies in our worst-performing schools This is a PDF

Ready or Not. Creating a High School Diploma That Counts This is a PDF

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