The document discusses how to rebuild emotional attachment to public schools in communities. It argues that focusing only on rational factors like measurable results and cost efficiency reinforces the view of schools as commercial enterprises. Instead, communities emotionally support organizations they feel welcome in, are proud of, and have influence over. The document outlines trends like declining young families and engaged taxpayers that erode this attachment, and proposes responding by thinking of community first, embracing reinventing schools, challenging narratives, and giving communities more responsibility and relevance.

5. DonkeyHotey (Flickr) What about the Money?

9. Les Chatfield Wikimedia

14. Decline of Young Families U.S. Census Bureau % Households with Children Under 18 % Single Parent Families 1957 47% 9% 2010 30% 30%

15. Decline of Young Families Colorado Is Aging Source: Colorado Demographer’s Office

16. Disengaged Taxpayers U.S. Census Bureau % Who own their own home By age group Less than 35 years 39% 35 to 44 years 65% 45 to 54 years 74% 55 to 64 Years 79% 65+ years 81%

17. Disengaged Voters U.S. Census Bureau Coloradans Under 18 years All Coloradans Non-Hispanic White 58% 70% Minority 42% 30%

18. Disengaged Taxpayers U.S. Census Bureau % Who own their own home By ethnic group Non-Hispanic White 74% Hispanic 48% Black 45%

21. 20th Century = Centralized Institutions Smallbones Wikimedia

23. Institutional Language

24. 20th Century Problems slowly going away 20 th Century 21 st Century Scarce Resources Abundant Resources High Costs Costs Moving Toward 0 Cumbersome Logistics Invisible Logistics Limited Communications OMG – 24/7 Communications

26. Customization

27. Do It Yourself

28. Co-create

29. Tensions between Old and New

32. Simon_Sees (Flickr)

33. Joesph a (Flickr)