Speak Up Congressional Briefing 2013 Parent and Educators Findings

Speak Up 2013
National Findings:
Educators and Parents
Welcome to this year’s Briefing!
Washington DC – June 2, 2014

Welcome
Julie Evans
Chief Executive Officer
ProjectTomorrow
(c) Project Tomorrow 2014

Welcome
 Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow
 Dr. Joseph South, US Department of Education
Release of National Findings:
 Role of digital tools in supporting the development
of college and career ready skills
Discussion with our Panel of Experts
Your Questions,Thoughts and Comments
Closing comments
 Mark Belles, Blackboard, Inc.
Today’s Agenda

Thank you!
Rep. George Miller
11th District - California

© 2014 Project Tomorrow
Saluting our Speak Up 2013 Sponsors:

Many thanks to our K-12 National Champion
Outreach Partners:

Welcoming Remarks
Dr. Joseph South
Deputy Director
Office of EducationalTechnology
U.S. Department of Education

What is
Speak Up?
Key
report
highlights
Panel
Discussion

Annual national research project
 Using online surveys + focus groups
 Surveys for: K-12 Students,Teachers, Parents,
Administrators, Community Members
 Special: Pre-ServiceTeachers in Schools of Education
 Open for all K-12 schools and schools of education
 Schools, districts & colleges receive free report with
their own data
Inform policies, plans & programs
 Local: your stakeholder data
 State: state level data
 Federal: national findings
Speak Up National Research Project
+ 3.4 million
surveys since
2003

K-12 Students 325,279
Teachers & Librarians 32,151
Parents (in English & Spanish) 39,986
School/District Administrators 4,530
Community Members (new this year!) 1,346
About the participating schools & districts
o 9,005 schools and 2,710 districts
o 90% public schools – 10% private/parochial/charter/other
o 32% urban / 31% rural / 37% suburban
o 30% school wide Title 1; 43% majority minority school
o All 50 states + DC + Guam + DODEA schools
National Speak Up 2013 Participation: 403,292

First report:
focus on
students’
views
Released
April 9, 2014

Why do schools and districts participate in
Speak Up?
.
 Power of local data
 Use data as input for planning
 To justify budget and purchasing decisions
 Inform new initiatives – as an evaluation tool
 As a tool to engage parents
 Use for grant writing and fund development
 Content for professional development
 To counteract mythology
 To explore how to address critical needs

Critical Need: Preparing these students for
the future

100 7th grade
students
93 say they
want to go
college
70 will
graduate from
HS
Today’s reality

100 7th grade
students
93 say they
want to go
college
70 will
graduate
from HS
44 will
enroll in
college
Today’s reality

100 7th grade
students
93 say they
want to go
college
70 will
graduate
from HS
44 will
enroll in
college
Only 26 will
graduate from
college
Today’s reality

Are our students
set-up for success?

Meet our panel of experts
Dr. Katherine Bihr
o Vice President and Executive Director, TigerWoods Learning Center
Foundation
TamikaV. Culbreath
o Reading/English Language ArtsTeacher, Prince Georges County Public Schools
Monet Deadwyler
o Junior, Cesar Chavez Public Charter School for Public Policy at Capitol Hill
Breck DeWitt
o CTO and National Director K12 and Higher Education, EMC Corporation
Dr. Patrick Murphy
o Superintendent, Arlington Public Schools

Today’s big questions
 What do we mean by college and career
readiness skills?
 What is the relationship between the use
of digital tools and the development of
these skills in the classroom?
 How are schools, districts and
communities building up their capacity to
prepare students for the future?

Defining the skills
students need for
future success

CollegeandWorkplaceSkills
District
Administrators
Teachers Parents
Community
Members
Criticalthinkingandproblemsolvingskills 91% 75% 85% 88%
Abilitytoworkwithadiversesetofpeople 86% 69% 71% 82%
Teamworkandcollaborationskills 83% 66% 69% 79%
Abilitytolearnindependently 82% 77% 67% 79%
Technologyskills 80% 52% 69% 80%
Effectivecommunicationsthroughwriting 76% 55% 68%
Beingcreativeandthinkingoutsidethebox 75% 62% 72% 77%
Financialliteracy 79%
Defining college and career ready skills:
ranking of importance for students

CollegeandWorkplaceSkills
District
Administrators
Teachers Parents
Community
Members
Criticalthinkingandproblemsolvingskills 91% 75% 85% 88%
Abilitytoworkwithadiversesetofpeople 86% 69% 71% 82%
Teamworkandcollaborationskills 83% 66% 69% 79%
Abilitytolearnindependently 82% 77% 67% 79%
Technologyskills 80% 52% 69% 80%
Effectivecommunicationsthroughwriting 76% 55% 68%
Beingcreativeandthinkingoutsidethebox 75% 62% 72% 77%
Financialliteracy 79%
Defining college and career ready skills:
ranking of importance for students
Technology skills
Linkage to student success?

42%
59%
42%
41%
56%
36%
56%
57%
Parents of high school students
High School Teachers
High School Principals
District Administrators
Not important Important Extremely important
How important is the effective implementation
of technology within instruction on student
success?

Let’s hear from our experts
Dr. Katherine Bihr
o Vice President and Executive Director, TigerWoods Learning Center
Foundation
TamikaV. Culbreath
o Reading/English Language ArtsTeacher, Prince Georges County Public Schools
Monet Deadwyler
o Junior, Cesar Chavez Public Charter School for Public Policy at Capitol Hill
Breck DeWitt
o CTO and National Director K12 and Higher Education, EMC Corporation
Dr. Patrick Murphy
o Superintendent, Arlington Public Schools

Classroom use of
digital tools and
linkages to
college/career prep

Teachers’ use of digital tools for professional
tasks
Teachers who self assess their skills as
“advanced” compared to peers:
 Internet research to info a lesson (90%)
 Watch an online video to learn something (74%)
 Text with colleagues (67%)
 Customize digital content for class use (56%)
 Participate in online PLC (55%)

14%
32%
32%
42%
52%
63%
11%
27%
18%
9%
22%
48%
Videos that I create
Online textbooks
Real time data
Virtual labs
Animations
Videos that I find online
All teachers Gr 6-12 Science teachers
Teachers’ use of digital content in the classroom

Teachers’ use of digital content in the classroom
“Use of digital content helps students
develop critical thinking and
problem solving skills”
2009: 27% of classroom teachers
2013: 38% of classroom teachers

Perceived benefits of technology
use for students
Teaching in
an online
class
Teaching
using
digital
content
Teaching in
a 1:1
mobile
class
Developing creativity 50% 44% 49%
Developing problem solving and
critical thinking skills
57% 44% 45%
Taking ownership of their learning 57% 35% 37%
Learning to work collaboratively 30% 34% 37%
Understanding how to apply
academic concepts to real world
problems
58% 37% 42%
Increased motivation to learn 50% 60% 55%
How has use of technology in your classroom
enhanced student skills and success?

Professional Development
Wish List
1st year 1-3 4-10 11-15 16+
How to differentiate
instruction using technology
51% 48% 44% 44% 46%
Identifying digital content 39% 33% 33% 34% 35%
Identifying mobile apps 39% 37% 36% 36% 35%
Using games 37% 29% 26% 24% 26%
Using tablets 32% 31% 31% 30% 31%
Implementing a blended
classroom
27% 24% 23% 23% 22%
Teachers’ wish list for professional development in
technology use
Years of experience

Building school,
district & community
capacity for digital
tool use and
college/career prep

District administrators’ views on solutions
that have greatest potential to impact
student readiness
1. Enhancing teacher effectiveness (58%)
2. Integrating 21st century skills into curriculum
(49%)
3. Leveraging technology more effectively (46%)
 Digital content
 Blended learning
 Tablets and other mobile devices
 1:1 programs
 Online textbooks
 Flipped learning models
 Online classes for students

Online learning in schools
41% of high schools offering online classes for
students in:
 Math
 Science
 History
 English/Language Arts
1/3 of high schools offering classes in World
Languages
Only 17% report not offering any online classes

Why online learning?
High School
Principals
Provide academic remediation 66%
Keep students engaged in staying in school 63%
Provide options for students that need credit recovery 61%
Provide options for home-bound students 53%
Provide options for at risk students 50%
Provides students with options for advanced coursework 49%
Provide options for gifted students 41%
Provides students with dual enrollment options with
local colleges
39%
How online learning is supporting the
needs of many types of students

Mobile learning in schools
Principals say that mobile devices within instruction:
 Increases engagement in learning (86%)
 Personalizes learning (67%)
 Extends learning beyond school day (62%)
 Develops critical thinking and problem solving skills (51%)
 Develops collaboration and teamwork skills (47%)

22%
41%
63%
32%
13%
17%
3%
10%
Principals in 2010 Principals in 2013
Likely
Unlikely
Unsure
Already do
Principals: How likely is it that you will allow
students to use their own mobile devices at
school?

Parent by Community / Age
of Child(ren)
I want my child in
a BYOD class
I would buy my
child a device
Parents from urban
communities
64% 65%
Parents from rural
communities
64% 66%
Parents from suburban
communities
59% 64%
Parents from Title 1
communities
63% 64%
Parents of elementary
students
58% 62%
Parents of middle school
students
63% 67%
Parents of high school
students
65% 67%
Parents’ desires for mobile learning – in class
with devices / willingness to buy devices

Digital content use in schools
54% of administrators say that use of digital content
can increase students’ readiness – linking real world
problem solving to academic content
Two challenges however:
• Enough computers and devices for students
• Bandwidth capacity issues

Creating a new digital
learning playbook –
focused on college and
career readiness skill
development

Closing Remarks
Mark Belles
SeniorVice President, K12
Blackboard, Inc.

National Speak Up Findings and reports
Targeted and thematic reports
Online learning trends
Mobile learning & social media
Print to digital migration
Social learning
Intelligent adaptive software
New digital parent series
Presentations, podcasts and webinars
Services: consulting, workshops, evaluation and efficacy
studies
Speak Up 2014 opens on October 6
More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org

Thank you.
Let’s continue this conversation.
Julie Evans
Project Tomorrow
jevans@tomorrow.org
949-609-4660 x15
Twitter: JulieEvans_PT
SpeakUpEd
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