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Slide 1: The International School of Columbus presents a Special Screening of TWO MILLION MINUTES With Special Thanks to Yes Cinema and the American Student Achievement
Slide 2: Why did Robert Compton make this film?
Slide 3: ROBERT COMPTON  Investments in India and China.  Very impressed with Indian and Chinese workers  Visited the schools where they were educated  Shocked “Global education standards have passed us by. We are being passed by in the two largest countries with the two fastest growing economies in the world . . . India and China.”
Slide 4: % 100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 0 Greece Germany Finland1 Japan Korea Norway Ireland Czech Republic4 Israel Switzerland Poland Denmark United Kingdom EU19 average Hungary Slovak Republic Slovenia OECD average Italy Iceland Sweden Luxembourg United States Chile Spain New Zealand Portugal Turkey Mexico 1995 2005 1. Year of reference 2004. OECD High school graduation rates (1995, 2005) Percentage of graduates to the population at the typical age of graduation (unduplicated count) A2.1
Slide 5: OECD Higher education graduation rates (1995, 2000, 2005) Percentage of tertiary type A graduates to the population at the typical age of graduation 70 % 60 2005 1995 2000 50 40 30 20 10 0 Finland1,2 Australia1 United Kingdom Czech Republic4 United States Netherlands1 Iceland1 Portugal1 Austria1 Hungary Poland Ireland Spain1 Japan Italy OECD average EU19 average Switzerland Germany1 Slovenia1 Israel1 Slovak Republic1 Denmark1 Norway1 New Zealand1 Sweden1 Greece Turkey A3.1 Net graduation rate is calculated by summing the graduation rates by single year of age in 2005. Year of reference 2004.
Slide 6: WHAT DO THOSE GRAPHS TELL US? • Overall U.S. student performance, particularly among the country’s adolescent learners, continues to decline– an alarming trend in an increasingly globalized economy. • In the early 1960s, the U.S. produced the highest high school graduation rates among OECD nations.
Slide 7: WHAT DO THOSE GRAPHS TELL US (cont’d) ? • High School graduation rate: By 2005, the U.S. slipped to eighteenth out of twenty-three OECD nations with available data. • College graduation rate: In only ten years, 1995 to 2005, the U.S. slipped from second to fifteenth among OECD nations with available data.
Slide 8: What will you see in this film?
Slide 9: TWO MILLION MINUTES Experts Higher Education Policy Makers Government Agencies High-Tech Companies Non-Profit Organizations
Slide 10: TWO MILLION MINUTES Data 19 2 113 4 89 How do students spend their time? What do they learn?
Slide 11: TWO MILLION MINUTES Students India China United States
Slide 12: High Schools in the Film CHINA Name INDIA U.S.A. Nanyang Model HS Shanghai St. Paul’s English School Bangalore Carmel HS Carmel, Indiana Location Government School Yes No * Yes Enrollment 1,600 300 (K-12) 4,000 College Bound Most 92% * 1/3 of all schools in India are for-profit 12
Slide 13: Colleges in the Film - Competitiveness SCHOOL Percent Accepted 85 % Purdue University * Indiana University * 70 % Harvard * 10% Yale * 9% India Institute of Technology ** 1% Peking University *** 1% * ** *** Source: College Board, 2007 Source: Two Million Minutes Source Kyushu University Magazine, Summer 2005
Slide 14: The International School of Columbus’ response to this challenge: • Offer students in Southern Indiana a Middle/High School curriculum with international standards and internationally accepted tests/diploma: The International Baccalaureate (IB) exams and Diploma • Students’ I.B. High School Diploma is accepted in 132 nations • Students may earn up to 2 years’ college credit by taking 6 IB exams in grade 11 & 12.
Slide 15: International School of Columbus: A Tuition-Free Public Charter Middle School/High School offering “IB for All” Now Enrolling Grades 7-9 for Fall 2009! Will expand one grade a year! 3129 25th Street, #346 Columbus IN 47203. Phone (Beth) 812.314.4887 Email: info@internationalschoolofcolumbus.com
Slide 16: International School Board Members: • Surekha DiOrio surekha39@sbcglobal.net Alexandra Curlin amcurlin@curlinlaw.com Steve Franz sfranz@indiana.edu Beth Hauersperger bhauersperger@hotmail.com Swadesh Kalsi International School of Columbus: skalsi@kdlegal.com opening Fall 2009, open to all Brenda King students by lottery without kingsrb@sbcglobal.net admissions requirements, Alice Taulman grades 7-9, to expand a grade a ataulman@yahoo.com year, to grade 12 Arlette Tinsley arlettetinsley@gmail.com • • • • • • •
Slide 17: International School Mission/Vision: • The International School emphasizes student achievement by inspiring and challenging students to reach beyond themselves, so they may contribute and compete globally as independent, creative and compassionate citizens of the world. VISION of the International School of Columbus: Columbus to become a top 100 public school by 2013.
Slide 18: International School of Columbus 3136 North National Road Now enrolling grades 7-9 for Fall 2009! www.internationalschoolofcolumbus.com
Slide 20: International School Business Plan: • A small tuition-free public charter middle school/high school • enrolling 80-100 students per grade, creating a public small school option • offering the IB curriculum to all students, to open with grades 7-9 in Fall, 2009.
Slide 21: What is the International Baccalaureate? • offered in 2000 schools including over 900 IB Programs in the U.S. (19 in Indiana); in U.S., over 90% of IB programs are public • In 2007, 42% of the top 100 Public High Schools in the U.S. were IB Schools (Newsweek) • Accepted by 132 governments and their universities • IB students in Indiana save an average of 10-12K in college tuition
Slide 22: Why does Columbus need the International Baccalaureate? • Best Schools in IN are IB or are moving to IB; IB will be one of only three methods of earning IN High School Core 40 Academic Honors Diploma in 2011. Indiana Public High Schools that have achieved national ranking (Newsweek 2008): National ranking Name City Challenge Index (ratio of graduating seniors to number of AP or IB exams taken) College Prep Program 101 464 524 741 903 Signature Public Charter Zionsville High North Central IN Academy Carmel High Evansville Zionsville Indianapolis Muncie Carmel 3.627 2.07 1.99 1.675 1.487 IB School IB Candidate School IB School AP only IB School
Slide 23: The International Baccalaureate (IB) Curriculum: • For more information about the curriculum, visit www.ibo.org • Creativity Action Service (CAS) encourages students to be involved in artistic pursuits, sports and community service work • Extended Essay (EE) is an independent research and writing project so that student has engaged in primary research and writing before college.
Slide 24: Why “IB for All”? • • • • it sets high expectations for all students standards cannot be “watered down” because IB is an international standard, with students taking the same exams all over the world and graded outside the school teachers and schools adapt to this environment, and students achieve more than they thought possible intensive Study/Support programs like AVID www.avidonline.org have 25 years of success of helping at risk kids master a college prep curriculum
Slide 25: Why IB in a small school? Small Schools (less than 400 students for high schools and less than 200 for middle schools) have been found to positively affect: • • • • • school attendance, academic performance (particularly achievement gaps between student groups), student engagement (students feeling a part of and involved in their school), parent involvement (as volunteers Nationwide, communities at the school and also parents are turning to small involving themselves in their schools to help address child's academic progress), and graduation rates. graduation rates and achievement.
Slide 26: What is a public charter school? A Charter School: • is a public school providing innovative educational options for students and families, is tax-payer-supported & tuitionfree, and tax-payer dollars flow directly to a non-profit board, is open to all Indiana students for enrollment without admissions requirements– including enrolling across county lines, must have an authorizer/ sponsor (in Indiana–a School Board or a 4-Year University) • • Public Charter Schools: now in 40 states, began in Minnesota in 1991 •
Slide 27: For one year the International School founding board surveyed the Columbus community. The positive responses were overwhelming. A sampling from the more than 650 responses: “My son was in the IB program in Indianapolis. Not only did it give him almost TWO YEARS of college credit, but that allowed him the time to graduate college with three majors and a minor. Also, learning other languages will only become more important in the future. Languages should be offered as soon as children start school. That allows them to train their brains to more easily learn new languages in the future.”
Slide 28: • “I think this is an excellent initiative. Having moved around the world for my job, our children have been exposed to the IB program and I can highly recommend its academic rigor and overall objectives for its pupils.” • “Great idea for the future of Columbus and America.”
Slide 29: • “A small independent school community would be essential.” • “I work in Columbus but live in Greenwood. I want my children to go to school near where I work, but I can’t afford tuition– which I would have to pay for local public schools. If my kids come to school down here to go to this public charter, would I need to pay for this school?”
Slide 30: Enroll your student now and spread the word! •Enrolling Grade 7-9 for 2009, expanding up one grade a year; •Volunteer opportunities! Subcommittees have been/are being formed: •Curriculum Subcommittee •Technology Advisory Subcommittee •Governance Subcommittee •Finance Subcommittee •Marketing/Enrollment Subcommittee •Facilities •Fundraising events •Grant-writing •Let us know if you would like to volunteer!  
Slide 31: And now, TWO MILLION MINUTES…. We will have the drawing for the shuffle, take questions and hear comments after the documentary. Thank you for attending!