In a Fl. school district where up to 57% of 6th-8th grade students have been failing math and reading we as a community set out to force the changes we want to see in our community. This is an overview of that plan.

1. Ending Generational Poverty Through Education

2. It’s Not Them, It’s Us
Collaborate and Coordinate Across the Entire
Community Development Spectrum
According to an analysis conducted by McKinsey and
Company, the achievement gap reduces American output
by as much as $500 billion each year, the equivalent of a
permanent national recession.

3. Reinforcement Of Negative Stereotypes LeadingTo
Generational Poverty And Criminal Behavior.
Decades Of Systemic Under Education Of Free
Lunch Students
Has Resulted In A Culture Steeped In Hopelessness,
Limited Opportunities For Advancement And

4. There Are Two Very Significant Problems We Believe Need
To Be Addressed To Meet Our Long Range Goal.
• Those in power have created systemic limitations
that greatly affect black and Latino residents.
• Over time, the culture of the community has
become negative and self-defeating.

5. Those Affected Most
ProjectTarget Population:
• School-Age children Grades 6-8
• Children Living in Poverty
• Minority Populations
Lee County, Fl.:
• Up to 57%+ of Free Lunch 6-8 graders failing math or reading
• 69% Of Minority Population Economically Distressed
• 50% Drop Out Rate For Free Lunch Students
• Race Remains An Important Social Factor In Understanding
Disparities In Education, Employment, Health, Income…life!
• Lee County – 55% Minority Population in Schools

6. Math 2014 FCAT Grade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Free Lunch
Students 4292 4314 4118
% Failing 47% 51% 51%
# Failing 2017 2200 2100
Reading 2014
FCAT
Grade
7
Grade
8
Grade
9
Grade
10
Free Lunch
Students 4314 4118 3588 3481
% Failing 47% 51% 57% 58%
# Of Children 2028 2100 2045 2019
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
7% 8% 8%
Free Lunch Math Students
Level 5 Achievement
Math Level 5
Achievement

7. Do What Works
No Need to Reinvent The Wheel.
Learn FromTheWildly Successful Program Run By GeoffreyCanada AtThe Harlem
Children’s Zone, Data From Studies Focused OnThe Academic Divide And Applied
The Concepts Here!

8. HCZ Five Tenets of Highly Effective NYC
Charters
“In stark contrast to conventional wisdom, we found that traditionally
collected input measures, such as class size and teacher qualifications,
are not correlated with school effectiveness.”
The Education Innovation Laboratory
At Harvard University
1. An extended school day and year,
2. The use of data to drive instruction,
3. Devotion to high-quality human capital,
4. A culture of high expectations, and
5. Small group tutoring.
http://edlabs.harvard.edu/closing-achievement-gap/five-tenets-highly-effective-nyc-charters

9. Reset the Goals and Expectation
• Present environments focused on Academic
Excellence Not Remedial Training
• Pre And Post Assessments Plus Customized
Online Curriculum
• Train new teachers who understand the power
of enthusiasm, engagement, excellence
• Expect Excellence Everyday, In All Things
• Short Term, Real World Motivators
• Meet Once Per Week In Groups Of 12 Or Less
Students
The Percentage of Participating
Children Who Exceeded Grade
Level Requirements in the 12
week program

10. Exit and Expansion Strategy
Goals: 2016-2017
• Broaden the base – Include Housing
Authority students
• Collect empirical data to document how
the NEW system works
• Prepare the data such that we are
prepared to demand DOE funding
• Attract, train and retain quality personnel
and management
2015 2016 2017 2018
12 50 200 Lee County
2015 Test Program Participants

11. What Does Success Look Like?
•2018 - DOE Funds Afterschool Programs Based On
Acquired Data Serving all of Lee County
•Approximately 6,000 6-8th Grade Students A Year Well
Above Grade Level
•4x Increase In The Number Of Honor And Advanced
Placement, Free Lunch Students Entering H.S. in 2019

12. The Facts Affecting Everyone in the County
• Escalating murder rate
• County tax dollars spent on high cost of policing,
incarceration, rehab programs, welfare, public
housing and other services for the impoverished
• Poor National Reputation (lower property values,
limits economic development, reduces tourism)
• Growing anger and frustration likely to cause bad
behavior to spread across the tracks

13. Eric M. Clare
Chief of Staff
eric@dconcepts20.com
510-593-0574
Darryl Clare PhD
Founder
Geo_doctor@msn.com
239-645-2217
501 C3 Non-profit