1. TM
Miriam Altman, Barrie Charney Golden, Alexandra Meis
Kinvolved
@kinvolved

2. Mission
Kinvolved is a socially responsible company
that will improve student achievement, and
promote truancy prevention, particularly in
disadvantaged communities.

3. Scope
Kinvolved upholds its mission by creating
holistic programming focused on truancy,
based on a mobile platform that connects
and empowers students, parents, and
teachers.

4. THE PROBLEM

5. In New York City,
90,000
students missed one
month of school in 2008.
This number is not decreasing;
in low-income neighborhoods
it increases by 10%.
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6. 1/3
1/3
Nationally
Of high school students
of Americans drop out of high school
do not graduate
on time
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7. Graduation rates are
correlated with
attendance.
Every 29 seconds a student
drops out of school.
7,000 students drop out per
day.
1.2 million students drop out
per year.

8. Economic Impact
The average
dropout costs
society over
$200,000 per year.
Cutting the annual
dropout rate in ½
would yield $45
billion per year.
$329 billion in
income is lost over
these students’
lifetimes.
The bottom line:
It’s worth it to
invest in
technology to
boost attendance.

9. High school graduates earn
$9,000
more per year than dropouts
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10. Less than 5 days missed of school
90%
rate of high school graduation
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11. More than 5 days missed of school
63%
rate of high school graduation
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12. 71% of students surveyed feel that better
communication here
Parent Statistic between the parents and school,
and increasing parental involvement, are they keys
to keeping students in school.
– The Gates Foundation
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13. THE SOLUTION

15. We are dedicated to improving student attendance,
particularly in disadvantage communities, using a
three-pronged approach:
1. Real time communication of attendance
records to families
2. Critical analysis of classroom attendance data
3. Advocacy of policies to improve classroom
attendance

16. To facilitate school-family
communication, Kinvolved offers teachers a
web app that can:
• Record attendance records in 60 seconds
• Notify parents/guardians of absence or
tardiness in real time via text message or email
• Graphically analyze class/student attendance
trends

17. Kinvolved’s Theory of Change
Simplify Create a Family- Leverage Policy
Attendance Centric School and Advocacy
Recording Community to Support to
Process and Data Boost Promote the
Availability for Attendance Importance of
Teachers Attendance

18. Why connect via SMS?
91%
of Americans have cell phone access;
[only 65% check email once a week]
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19. Breakdown of cell phone use in Kinvolved’s target population
90% 84% 75%
30-49 year olds Urban <$30,000
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20. IMPLEMENTING THE SOLUTION
If you are interested in using Kinvolved’s
app, free of charge, in your school,
classroom, or after-school program,
contact us today.
Email Miriam at miriam@kinvolved.com

21. Kinvolved in the Media

22. Kinvolved’s 1st
Fundraising
Campaign
In 5 weeks…
we will raise
$10,000…

23. $20 Fund communication with parents of 30 families (1 class).
$50 Fund communication with 150 families (1 grade).
$100 Fund communication with 500 families (an entire school).
$1000 Fund development of a new feature added on to our app.
Fund advancement of our policy agenda to promote our truancy
$2000
prevention campaign.

24. Want to get involved with
Kinvolved?
www.kinvolved.com

25. Thank you for supporting
our efforts to promote
education reform.
Miriam Altman, Barrie Charney Golden, Alexandra Meis
Kinvolved Co-founders