Interesting
“snippets” from The COMMIT! Partnership’s annual report, “Our Kids. Our Tomorrow.”
·
750,000
students served by COMMIT!
·
Coalition
of 160 different institutions with a “vested stake” in Dallas County’s
educational outcomes.
·
Between
1980 and 2010, poverty increased by 242% in Dallas County neighborhoods.
·
Dallas
has 3rd highest childhood poverty rate in U. S. (38%), behind
Detroit (59%) and Memphis (44%).
·
Dallas
County’s job growth lags behind surrounding counties. Between 2000 and 2012, jobs increased in
Denton County (+63%), Collin County (+71%), Rockwall County (+89%), Kaufman
County (+4%), Ellis County (+21%), Tarrant County (+10). In Dallas County jobs fell (-13%).
·
By
not increasing each student’s level of attainment, our region loses $6.9
billion in lifetime earnings for every cohort of about 30,000 students entering
the K-12 system annually.
·
Hispanic
and African American students lag woefully behind white students in Dallas
County in every measured category: in
2014, only 345 black students graduated “college ready.” Fewer than half as many
economically disadvantaged students graduated college ready as more affluent
students (1,128 compared to 2,600).
·
56%
of eligible students are not enrolled in Pre-K or Head Start.
·
36%
of students in Dallas County are reading on grade level by 3rd
grade.
·
$33
million is left on the table in Dallas County in student financial
support/services.
·
Teacher
supply is declining by 4% annually, while student population is growing at 1%
each year.
·
While
there are examples of high-poverty schools doing well or better, poverty remains
a key driver in low performance.
More
clear and compelling evidence that we must attack poverty and its associated
stresses on children and families. And, NOW!
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