Significant Change - Stark Education Partnership

Stark
Education
Partnership
Significant
Change
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July 13, 2009
Chairman
Message from Judge W. Don Reader
Celebrating
20 Years –
Highlighting 1989–2009
Significant change has happened...
Message from Chairman...........................3
Staff . ........................................................4
Board of Directors.....................................5
First Decade..............................................6
Second Decade..........................................8
Results.....................................................10
Collaborating...........................................12
Researching.............................................26
P-16.........................................................30
Communicating.......................................32
Leadership...............................................42
Looking Forward....................................43
Thanks.....................................................44
In 1989, the Deuble, Hoover, Stark Community, and Timken Foundations set aside “$3 million
to pay for a coordinated effort to improve education for all Stark County
children” (The Repository, 1989). These visionary funders knew that skill, creativity, and
leadership would be required to provide education excellence.
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The Education Enhancement Partnership (TEEP), now the Stark Education
Partnership, helped schools and the education community obtain resources
and built capacity to institute change. To date the Partnership
has secured, brokered, or collaborated in raising nearly $70 million in federal,
state, and local funds to achieve this goal.
Twenty years of collaborative effort has resulted in significant change –
The mission of the Stark Education Partnership is to engage schools and school districts in fostering
comprehensive education reform. The Partnership collaborates with educators and with business,
community, and civic leaders to build capacity that will lead to sustainable improvement in the county’s schools.
high school graduation rates have increased and
more high school students are going on to college.
... and more is coming!
Significant Change is funded through a grant from the Ohio College Access Network (OCAN).
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Pictured – (1) Judge W. Don Reader, Chairman; (2) Barb Tscholl, Canton South
Guidance Counselor and winner of OCAN’s William Over Award, with Judge Reader
OurStaff
Staff Members
Board of Directors
Current Board Members
Program Officer
Adele Gelb
was awarded the Dr. Larry Hentsch
Award by the Stark County School
Guidance Counselors Association
for supporting college access.
President
Dr. Adrienne O’Neill
was selected by Civic Ventures as
a 2008 Purpose Prize Fellow.
OurBoard
Chair
Judge W. Don Reader – Retired, Ohio Court of Appeals-5th District
Vice Chair
Sarah M. Brown – Former Chairman, Ohio Ethics Commission
Treasurer
Robert F. Vail – Vail Industries, Inc.
Secretary
Judge Michael L. Howard – Stark County Family Court
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Theodore V. Boyd – First Communications, LLC
Paralee W. Compton – Former Assistant Superintendent, Canton City Schools
Richard S. Milligan – Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP
Vice President
Graphics Designer
and Bookkeeper
was named by the U.S. State
Department as a Fulbright
Senior Specialist to consult and
teach at the Kisubi Brothers
Center in Uganda.
completed a Bachelor
of Arts degree through
the Malone University
Management Program
(MMP) in 2008.
Kimberly Ross
Dr. Joseph Rochford
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Dr. John O’Donnell – Stark State College of Technology
Walter Stanislawski – Paul and Carol David Foundation
Ward J. Timken – Timken Foundation
Candy Wallace – Stark Community Foundation
Past Board Members
James A. Bower (1989–1998), Karen S. Belden (1989–1999), Stephen
G. Deuble (1989–1999), Sheila G. Farmer (1989–2000), James M. Gresh
(1997–2002), Richard A. Gulling (1989–1993), Charles A. Heller, Jr.
(1993–1996), Lawrence W. Hoover (1989–1999), Sheila M. Markley
Black (1999–2008), Dr. John McGrath (2001–2004)
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Pictured – (1) Stark Education Partnership board meeting; (2) Board of Directors:
Ward J. Timken, Candy Wallace, Judge Michael Howard, Sarah Brown, Dr. John
O’Donnell, Walt Stanislawski. Not pictured, Judge W. Don Reader, Robert Vail,
Theodore Boyd, Paralee Compton, Richard Milligan.
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First Decade
Collaboration
In 1989, no one was quite sure how to scale up
school reform in a county our size.
The Well Educated Young Person in Stark
County (1990), the consensus statement of the
Advisory Committee of the new Education
Enhancement Partnership, said it best: “It will
take the collaborative efforts of parents, schools,
social agencies, and businesses to achieve those
outcomes we believe are absolute necessities
for all children.”
“It will take the collaborative efforts of
parents, schools, social agencies, and businesses
to achieve those outcomes we believe are absolute
necessities for all children.” – The Well Educated Young Person in
Stark County, 1990
During the first decade, the Partnership
tested collaborative strategies in an effort to
improve results.
The Education
Enhancement Partnership,
Inc. (TEEP) established
1989
Victor Young named
Executive Director
Councils developed in
nine focus areas
1990
1991
First Arts Academy
held & VIP in Science
program began
1992
$2.8M fund raising
campaign held
1993
Saturday Schools funded
by the Timken Foundation
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1994
$3M SEEDS (see
page 24) grant
received from NSF
SAMM (see
page 24) began
Participation began
in Massillon’s Project
AHEAD
Dennis Gray named
Executive Director
1995
$2.5M fund raising
campaign held
1996
1997
1998
Timken Regional Campus
established through $10M grant
from Timken Foundation
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Gear-Up and Saturn
(see page 24) began
1999
$1.8M fund raising
campaign held
2000
Name changed to
Stark Education
Partnership, Inc.
Second Decade
“A little understood but vital trend developing in communities
throughout Ohio could serve as a national
Convergence
The second decade of the Stark Education
Partnership focused on honing the collaboration
practiced in the first decade. A Stark County
P-16 Compact (see page 30) formed to focus
systemic change efforts on driving the high
school graduation rates to 100%, raising the high
school to college going rates, and increasing the
educational attainment in Stark County, Ohio.
The following pages contain some of the most
significant stories about the strategies used to
achieve convergence.
Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005-2007 American
Community Survey
Dr. Adrienne O’Neill
named President
2001
of our economy. This emerging model integrates
educational reform and economic
development in new and more powerful ways
than ever before... Adrienne O’Neill of the Stark Education
Partnership calls the forming of representative networks
39.3%
High School
Diploma
(age 18-24)
of community groups, institutions, and organizations
“convergence,” a term this paper borrows to
describe this new level of collaboration.
Degree or
Some College
It is one that represents a vital effort to reposition our
(age 18-24)
A First in Canton’s History
$1.4M fund raising
campaign held
Stark County P-16
Compact (see page
30) formed
2002
New Strategic Plan
developed
of the transformations needed to respond to the new shape
43.6%
Number of young adults
who’ve been to college
exceeds those with only
high school diploma
2003
$1.52M Gates/KnowledgeWorks
grant supported McKinley
Small Schools
College access
work began
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model
communities for the challenges of the economy.”
– Convergence as Strategy and as Model, Dennis McGrath
$7.5M National Science
Foundation MSP (see page
24) grant to Stark County
2004
ACT study
published (see
page
28)
June 2008
11 Stark districts awarded
state Seniors to Sophomores
pilot grants
Looking at the Issues
e-newsletter began
2005
$400K Gates/KnowledgeWorks
grant supported Canton’s Early
College High School
2006
2007
$113K TG grant supported
high school teachers
becoming college adjuncts
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2008
2009
Dominion East Ohio and Inside
Business Magazine awarded SEP
$10K Community Impact grant
The Results
Education Attainment is Increasing
Data Source: Ohio Department of Education and U.S. Census Bureau
12 of 17
districts
Number of districts
surpassing a 95% 2 of 17
graduation rate districts
Stark is
outpacing Ohio
and the nation in
degree growth
since 2000
The Goal: 100%
High School Graduation
2000-01
5.9%
4.3%
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U.S.
4.2%
Ohio
So...where do we go from here?
Answer.
The Goal: Increasing
Educational Attainment
2006-07
Question?
Stark
Stark County becomes the
most educated county
in the United States!
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Collaborating
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to Increase High School Graduation Rates
Stakeholders at Canton City Schools’ McKinley
and Timken High Schools collaborate to
support strategies that build rigor and
relationships. Funders, including the Bill and
Melinda Gates and KnowledgeWorks Foundations
at McKinley, and the Timken Foundation and state
of Ohio at Timken, provided substantial grants in
support of raising student achievement.
Students, teachers, parents, administrators, business
and community members have a voice and take a
role in creating a curriculum and an environment
to engage students in their success.
The Partnership reinforces these efforts through
funding, research, coaching and advocacy.
Data Source: Ohio Department of Education
McKinley
High
School
Graduation rates
increased 11.6%
since 2002
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Timken
High
School
Graduation rates
85%
increased 23.4%
since 2002
2007-08
2002-03
2002-03
73.4%
59.6%
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83%
2007-08
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Pictured – (1) Award of appreciation from McKinley High School to Dr. O’Neill and the Stark Education Partnership; (2) Adele Gelb, Dr. O’Neill, and Cynthia
Loukas, McKinley Small Schools Project Manager; (3) Timken Campus; (4) McKinley’s Small School Proposal to KnowledgeWorks Foundation; (5 & 6) Canton City
high school students engaged in learning
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Collaborating
“Early College High School did a lot for me. I wouldn’t do it any other way...
to Increase College Access & Success
In June 2009, 32 graduates from the inaugural
class of Canton’s Early College
High School marched in the Stark State
College of Technology graduation exercises.
They earned not only a high school diploma, but
also a 60 credit-hour Associate Degree.
Thirteen of the students graduated with
distinction. An additional 28 students graduated
with a high school diploma and between 21 and
59 earned college credit-hours.
This student success is remarkable because no
academic criteria were used in the admissions
process. Most graduates were from financially
disadvantaged families and the first in their family
to graduate from college.
The formula for student success at Canton
Early College includes a dedication to rigor
by co-teaching teams including a high
school teacher and a college faculty member.
This combination provides each student with
the opportunity to achieve at high levels
within a framework of support.
Canton’s Early College, designed in 2005, is
a collaboration among Canton City Schools,
Canton Professional Educators Association, Stark
State College of Technology, Stark Education
Partnership, the state of Ohio, Bill and Melinda
Gates and KnowledgeWorks Foundations.
Data Source: Jobs for the Future and KnowledgeWorks
Foundation
More of Canton
City School’s Early
College grads earn
10%
an Associate degree
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“Many say the students’ accomplishments represent a
milestone
that’s bigger than their individual achievement. It’s a milestone for
not just the Canton City School District,
but also the community.” – The Repository, May 2009
53%
33%
Early College High School
U.S.
I feel like I’m 2 steps ahead – I can accomplish
anything!”– Student of Early College High School’s first graduating class, 2009
Ohio
Canton
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Pictured – (1) Canton’s Early College High School inaugural class, 2005; (2) Dr. Rochford holds a KnowledgeWorks Award of Appreciation
for his local coaching work with Canton Early College High School
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Collaborating
to Increase College Access & Success
Stark County’s high rigor Dual Credit
classes are taught in high school classrooms by
high school teachers qualified as adjunct professors
by partnering colleges: Kent State University
Stark, Mount Union College, Stark State College
of Technology, and Walsh University. Students
successfully completing Dual Credit classes
earn college and high school credit.
In the summer of 2006, the Stark Education
Partnership, with a matching grant from the
Ohio College Access Network, funded an
opportunity to complete two college courses for
65 Stark County students who were financially
disadvantaged and would be first in their family
to graduate from college. Courses were co-taught
by teams of high school teachers and college
professors from Stark State. The following
summer the Partnership funded an additional six
hours of coursework for 53 students.
Beginning in 2007, the Ohio legislature partially
funded Dual Credit courses in Stark County
high schools. The Partnership visited each Dual
Credit class over the course of three years and
produced three evaluations of this program.
Advanced Placement (AP), College Tech Prep,
Post Secondary Enrollment Options, and Early
College High School.
Data Source: Stark Education Evaluation Reports
* Excludes Early College enrollment
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Dual Credit classes augment Stark County’s
college credit opportunities for
high school students including:
1,298
Stark County’s
Dual Credit enrollment*
grew significantly
65
2006-07
469
2007-08
2008-09
More Students Take Dual Credit
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Pictured – (1) Adjunct professor Wendy Lichtenwalter meets with students and parents; (2-4) Dual Credit evaluations for
2007-2009 authored by Dr. Rochford and Adele Gelb
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Collaborating
to Increase College Access & Success
Between 2007 and 2009, 47 Stark County
teachers wishing to teach Dual Credit classes
received support from a TG Public
Benefit grant. These teachers from 14
districts earned 308 hours of graduate credit
through coursework in their content area.
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high school teachers qualified to
be named adjunct professors
Data Source: Stark Education Partnership TGTM final report
at partnering colleges.
Working with the Stark County Educational
Service Center, the Partnership administered
the $113,100 TG grant that reimbursed
teachers for successful completion of graduate
level coursework.
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The goal of the Stark Education
Partnership in writing and applying for
the grant was to increase the number of
High school teachers
took graduate
content courses
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Districts
powerful message to
teachers that they
will be supported
in increasing
their skills.”
– Dr. Joseph Rochford,
TG ’s Shop Talk Online
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Teachers
308
Graduate
Credit Hours
High School Teachers as Adjuncts Increase
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“Our program sends a
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Pictured – (1) Early College teachers and professors met to plan student work; (2) Adjunct Professor, Ken
Brunner, led an Early College math class
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Collaborating
to Increase College Access & Success
Collaborative, converging strategies are in place to
support Stark County students in taking the steps to
acquire “college knowledge,” secure financial aid,
and prepare to succeed in post secondary education:
College advisors work in high schools
and middle schools.
The Stark
County Council of
Scholarship, Internship and
Co-op Providers mapped community needs
and available financial resources to support Stark
County students in post secondary education. In
2008, the Council identified over $9 million in
additional funds.
A collaborative effort is underway using the
COMPASS test to identify students who
will benefit from additional math preparation
before entering college. The goal is to avoid costly
remedial classes.
Middle school students in three districts will take
the Explore test to determine how to strengthen
skills necessary for success in high school.
Supporters for these strategies are: 17 Stark
County School Districts, Dominion, Gear Up,
Kent State Stark, Malone University, Mount Union
College, Ohio Board of Regents, Ohio College
Access Network, Sisters of Charity Foundation of
Canton, Stark County Educational Service Center,
Stark Education Partnership, Stark State College of
Technology, United Way of Greater Stark County,
and Walsh University.
Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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23,184
38.9%more Stark
residents enrolled in
higher education
16,696
Stark College Going Rate on the Rise
2000
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2007
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Pictured – (1) Dominion and Inside Business Magazine recognized Stark County Scholarship Council; (2) OCAN sponsored College Access Advisors for Timken, Alliance,
McKinley and Washington High Schools trained with Dr. Geri Nelson, Kent State University; (3) Dr. O’Neill presented with 2004 Thomas L. Conlan Award for Excellence in
College Access by KnowledgeWorks; (4) Paralee Compton and Dr. Rochford were panelists with Congressman John Boehner at the 2003 Gear Up National Conference
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Collaborating
to Raise Student Achievement through Technology
In 2005-2006, the Timken Foundation
granted $127,500 through the Stark Education
Partnership to fund the purchase of sixty-five
SMART BoardTM interactive whiteboards.
The Stark County Educational Service Center
offered professional development. Classroom
success continues to provide districts with the
impetus to purchase additional SMART Boards.
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The International Book-Sharing
Project (opposite page) gave Stark County
classrooms an opportunity to build bridges of
understanding across continents and cultures
through technology. A grant to the Stark
Education Partnership by the William and
Minnette Goldsmith Foundation, with additional
funding by Herbert Fisher and an anonymous
donor, created the framework, professional
support, and technological links for classrooms
in Tuslaw, Perry and Plain. Stark County
book-sharing educators were recognized with
Korczak Teaching awards in 2006.
Data Source: Stark County Educational Service Center
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536
Stark County
classrooms equipped
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with 35 times more
Smart Boards
2003
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Educators EmbraceTechnology
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2007
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Pictured – (1 opposite) A Stark County teacher utilized the Smart Board in her classroom; (2) Lana Bernhardt, Book-Sharing Liaison, worked with Tuslaw students; (3) Terrie
Baumgartner (Tuslaw), Donna Mertes (Our Lady of Peace), Kelly Green (Perry) and Linda Cohen (Plain) were honored in New York with Korczak Teaching Awards; (4) Canton
educators videoconference at the Stark County Educational Service Center with Israel educators at Western Galilee College; (5) Western Galilee College, Akko, Israel
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Collaborating
to Raise Student Achievement in Math & Science
Student engagement in math
and science in Stark County is a focus of
curriculum, professional development, and
funding by 17 school districts, the Stark County
Educational Service Center, local foundations,
and the Stark Education Partnership.
Federal financial support came to Stark
County through National Science Foundation
(NSF) grants of $3 million for Science
Education Enhancing the Development of
Skills (SEEDS); $1 million for Science and
Technology for Understanding Research and
Networking (SATURN); and $7.5 million for
the Math and Science Partnership (MSP).
Science and Math on the Move (SAMM)
is a concept originated in Stark County by
Ambassador W.R. “Tim” Timken, Jr. in 1998.
Sophisticated science and math equipment is
delivered to schools throughout the county. The
Bill Mease Center for Science and Mathematics,
located at R.G. Drage, houses SAMM and
resources for teacher professional development.
SAMM is funded by grants requested and
administered by the Partnership from the Paul
and Carol David, Deuble, Herbert W. Hoover,
Hoover, Fred F. Silk, Stark Community, and
Timken Foundations. The 17 school districts and
the Stark County Educational Service Center
also fund and support SAMM.
Data Source: Stark County Educational Service Center
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6,622
Stark students
experience more
hands-on science
and math
665
Scientific Equipment in the Classroom
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1996-97
2006-07
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Pictured – (1) A student demonstrated the effects of an electrostatic generator; (2) Students worked together on a hot air balloon; (3) High tech science
equipment from SAMM used in the classroom; (4) Teresa Purses, Dr. Jane Dessecker, and Sue Boon at a Science Education Council of Ohio Conference
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Researching
to Support Schools and the Community
In 2003, with a $40,000 grant from the
Ohio Department of Development, the Stark
Education Partnership, Canton Regional
Chamber of Commerce, and the Greater
Akron Chamber of Commerce sponsored the
Half of those who left became professionals,
and nearly 100 were presidents, CEOs, or
owners of companies and businesses. Most
of those surveyed said they left because
there was more opportunity and a better
quality of life elsewhere.
Over 1,300 people were surveyed. The findings
of “Why Do They Leave?” were startling.
In 2005, the Canton Regional Chamber
of Commerce used the findings to launch
first major study on why college
graduates leave Northeast Ohio.
“Brain Drain to Brain Gain” aimed at
retaining and attracting young professionals,
age 20 to 40, to Stark County.
To further this effort, the Chamber engaged
Rebecca Ryan – economist, futurist, and
president of Next Generation Consulting. In
2007, “Brain Gain” evolved into ystark!
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850
ystark! members
doubled in past
two years
425
2007
2009
Young Professionals Group Growing
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Pictured – (1) Barbara Bennett, Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce, and Rebecca Ryan, Next Generation Consulting; (2) The release of the “Why Do They Leave?” study; (3) Dr.
John McGrath, Stark State College of Technology, Dr. Ronald Johnson, Malone University, and Richard Jusseaume, Walsh University; (4) Young professionals at a ystark! meeting
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Researching
“We will make our assessments both relevant and rigorous
to Inform Emerging Practice
Could Stark County and the state increase college
going by using the ACT instead of
the current Ohio Graduation Test?
Members of the Stark County P-16 Compact
wanted to know. The Stark Education Partnership
authored Advancing Ohio’s P-16 Agenda: Exit
and Entrance Exam? funded by the Dominion,
Hoover, KnowledgeWorks, Martha Holden
Jennings, Paul and Carol David, Fred F. Silk,
Sisters of Charity of Canton, Stark Community,
and Timken Foundations; Ohio College Access
Network (OCAN); Stark County Educational
Service Center; and Stark Education Partnership.
replacing the Ohio Graduation
Test with the ACT and three additional
by
increase readiness for high school success
measures. All students will take the ACT college
Data Source: ACT, Inc.
school achievement, but to help
of eighth grade students in three districts (Canton
City, Plain, and Marlington).
entrance examination, not only to measure their high
raise students’
aspirations for higher education.”
– State of the State Address, Governor Ted Strickland, January 2009
New research partially funded by OCAN will
examine a Stark County collaborative strategy to
Stark
22.1
Stark seniors
surpass the national
average ACT
composite score
Stark
21.3
U.S.
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2008
Females
U.S.
21.2
2008
Males
Stark Scores Higher on ACT
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Pictured – (1) A 2005 Stark County panel including Dr. O’Neill, Dr. Stephen Portch, Dr. John O’Donnell and Congressman Ralph Regula focused on the release of the
ACT study; (2) The panel offered multiple perspectives on using the Explore Plan ACT System (EPAS); (3) Dr. O’Neill led discussions around ACT with school district
representatives from Stark County
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P-16
“To ensure that state-level policies on P-16
Inception & Growth
Following the publication of the white paper, The
Class of 2021, community leaders in collaboration
with the Stark Education Partnership inaugurated
Ohio’s first P-16 (preschool through
college) council in 2002. The Stark County P-16
Compact brings together district superintendents,
college presidents, foundations, business, and
civic leaders. The Compact focuses on the
integration
are enacted at the local level, the Governor should charge the P-16
common, collaborative goals of raising
Stark County’s high school graduation and
college going rates.
Stark’s P-16 Compact was influential in the
establishment of the Ohio Partnership
for Continued Learning (the statewide
P-16 Council).
Dr. Stephen Portch, Chancellor Emeritus of the
University System of Georgia and founder of the
P-16 movement, called the Stark County P-16
Compact the finest local P-16 in the nation.
Data Source: Ohio Board of Regents
Education Council with encouraging the creation of new
regional P-16 councils or supporting existing regional P-16
councils such as the P-16 Compact for Stark County.” –
Building on
Knowledge, Investing in People, Governor’s Commission on Higher Education & the Economy, 2004
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Number of Ohio
P-16s increased
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Stark Influences P-16 Growth
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2002
2009
2
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Pictured – A 2004 community meeting (1) Dr. John McGrath presented The Class of 2021; (2) Panelists included Dr. John Ewing, President, Mount Union College; Congressman
Ralph Regula; Larry Morgan, Superintendent, Stark County Educational Service Center; Dr. Stephen Portch, Chancellor Emeritus, University System of Georgia; Dr. John
McGrath, President, Stark State College of Technology; Ward J. Timken, President, Timken Foundation; Ohio Congressman Kirk Schuring; Dennis Saunier, President, Canton
Regional Chamber of Commerce; David Kaminski, Editor, The Repository; Daryl Revoldt, Governor’s Regional Economic Development Representative
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Communicating
through Publications
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Communicating
through Local Research
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Communicating
through Presentations
Washington, D.C.
London, U.K.
Nashville
io
Nor theast Oh
Pictured – (1) Dr. Rochford
addressed the Tennessee
P-16 Network with examples
from the Partnership’s
e-book series, P-16: The
Last Education Reform;
(2) Stark County P-16 met
with members of the Clark
County P-16
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Columbus
Washington, D.C.
Dayton
2
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Communicating
through Convening
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Pictured – (1) Larry Morgan, Superintendent, Stark County Educational Service Center, with Dianne Talarico, Superintendent, Canton
City Schools, at Stark County Leadership Retreat; (2) Candy Wallace, United Way board member, led a breakout session at Moving Stark
County into Prosperity Symposium; (3) Dr. Sue Thompson, National Middle School Association Urban Issues Task Force, led discussions
on effective middle school education research
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Communicating
through Participating
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Pictured – (1) A panel including Dr. O’Neill responded to Eric Fingerhut, Ohio Chancellor
of Higher Education; (2) Dr. O’Neill met with members of the community; (3) Dr. Deborah
Delisle, Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Dr. O’Neill
Leadership
Celebrating Leadership
In 2002, the Stark Education Partnership
received a grant from the Timken Foundation
of Canton to celebrate outstanding
principal leaders in Stark County
with an award of $35,000.
The first celebration recognized Rick Hull’s
leadership in the development of the Care Team
concept in Fairless Local and Brenda Neel’s
leadership at the Freshman Academy in
Canton City Schools.
Looking Forward
From Dreams to Reality
The second celebration, in 2006, recognized
Kim Redmond’s leadership at Timken High
School and Gay Welker’s leadership at Walker
Elementary in Canton Local.
In his book The World is Flat, Thomas Friedman quotes
business organization consultant Michael Hammer:
“When memories exceed dreams,
the end is near.”
In Stark County, we can see that significant change happens
when a community’s dreams become the common goal of many
efforts. In the next decade, the Stark Education Partnership will
continue to dream and to collaborate
in making our vision a REALITY.
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Pictured – (1) 2002 Leadership Award winners Brenda Neel and Rick Hull with Ward J. Timken; (2) Dr. O’Neill with Gay Welker and Kim Redmond,
winners of the 2006 Leadership Recognition Award
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ThankYouDonors
Through donors, individuals, and local foundations, the work of the Stark Education Partnership is possible. We thank all who’ve contributed including the donors who
anonymously directed their United Way pledges to the Stark Education Partnership.
Aapex Engineering, Acme Hard Chrome, John Admonius, Greater Canton AFL-CIO Council, J. Whitney Ake, Rakesh A. Akora, Alliance Chamber of Commerce, Alliance Chiropractic, Alliance Equipment Company, Alliance Machine Company, The Alliance Review, Alliance
Ventures, Alpha Enterprises, American Electric Power, D. Anderson Corporation, James Anderson, Gene Apple, James Aquilo, S.R. Arner & Co., Aultman Health Foundation, D.A. Bagnola & Company, Barbara Bailey, Dan Bailey, David Baker, Nancy Baker-Cazan, Bank One NA,
Mary Baran, Barbara Barthel, Stephanie Bartuseck, Paul Basner, Pushpa Bathija, Beaver Excavating, Jay Bednar, David Behner, Julie Behner, Belden & Blake, Belden Brick Company Charitable Trust, Beltone Hearing Aid Service, Linda Betz, A. Michael Bichsel, Biery Cheese,
Paula Blangger, Stephanie Boka, Susan Boon, Thomas L. Borden, Martin Bowe, James A. Bower, Theodore Boyd, Tom Brabson, Steve Breit, Bruce Brown, Cindy Brown, Larry Brown, Sarah Brown, Bruner-Cox, Dan Buckel, Buckeye Packaging Company, Buckingham Doolittle
& Burroughs LLP, Phil Burns, Joan Burrier, George Burwell, John A. Cable Foundation, Evelyn Calhoun, Richard Campbell, Canton Erectors, Mike Capes, Caplea Studio Architects, Fred Carlson, James Carman, Joe L. Carpenter, Paul Carver, Larry Case, Donald Cassidy, Joseph
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