a powerful public-private collaboration for college & career readiness

A Powerful Public-Private

Collaboration for College & Career

Readiness

April 2014

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The strength of the Western New York region is directly related to the strength of our hub city, Buffalo. If we want a be?er Western New York, we must

create a be?er Buffalo...

…To create a be?er Buffalo, we must invest in its future workforce.

ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION

Post- Secondary Completion

School Reform and

Collaborative Governance

Comprehensive Support

100% Tuition Scholarships

The Say Yes Theory of Change

Improved Educa.on Outcomes

Skilled Workforce & Higher

Employment

Larger Tax Base

Residen.al Growth

Reduced Crime

A coherent urban acDon agenda focused on a strong workforce, combaDng poverty and invesDng in people as a means of advancing residents’ social and economic progress.

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Factors That Say Yes Considers Crucial to Student Success

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25 months ago…

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What was promised?

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What our Partnership Has Accomplished To-Date

Raised more than $19 million for college scholarships

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Say Yes Tuition Scholarships can be used at 74 New York

State Colleges & Universities

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•  4 University Centers (e.g., University at Buffalo)

•  9 Technology Colleges (e.g., Environmental Science and Forestry)

•  13 University Colleges (e.g., Buffalo State)

•  36 Community Colleges (e.g., ECC)

•  12 CUNY Senior Colleges (e.g., Hunter College)

53 private colleges & universities also provide tuition scholarships

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Class of 2013 high school graduates were the first eligible for Say Yes Buffalo scholarships.

27% 25%

28% 25%

31% 33%

30% 34%

32% 35%

60%

55%

61% 57%

66%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

1 2 3 4 5

2year

4year

All

Buffalo Public School Students’ Postsecondary Enrollment the Fall Immediately ALer High School:

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

CLASS OF/COHORT Source: Na+onal Student Clearinghouse

Colleges

Colleges

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First class eligible for Say Yes scholarships

Economics of a College Degree

2011 Unemployment

Rates:

14.1% $23,452

$80,652$65,676$54,756$39,936$37,338$33,176

$86,580

9.4%8.7%6.8%4.9%3.6%2.5%2.4% Doctorate

Professional Degree

Masters

Bachelors

Associate

Some College

HS Diploma

No HS Diploma

2011 Median

Annual Earnings:

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2011 Current Population Survey14

BPS Students Postsecondary Enrollment the Fall Immediately ALer High School:

38% 36%

41% 37%

46%

22% 19%

21% 20% 20%

60%

55%

61% 57%

66%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

1 2 3 4 5

Public

Private

All

2009 2010 2011 2012

CLASS OF/COHORT

Source: Na+onal Student Clearinghouse

Colleges

Colleges

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2013

First class eligible for Say Yes scholarships

BPS Graduated Class of 2013: Eligibility Charter schools not included

2013 Say Yes Buffalo Scholars

1,555 students (86%)

146 students (14%)

Eligible for Say Yes

Not Eligible for Say Yes

n=1,701

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Class of 2013: 995 Scholars from charter & public schools

903 students (91%)

92 students (9%)

Public

Charter


n=995

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19 8 6 29

112

35 4 19

350

22 5 5 5

130

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59 12 4 7 4 7 20

63 37

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

Not shown are ins+tu+ons where three or fewer students enrolled; they are: Daemen College, Houghton College, Oswego – 3 students each; Delhi, ESF, FIT, Fordham University, Jamestown CC, Morrisville, Potsdam – 2 students each; Bronx CC, City College, Cortland, Oneonta, SUNY IT, University at Albany – 1 student each.

Where Students Enrolled

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Private Dollars Leverage Public Aid

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$7,000,000+

$$ $$ $

Tap & Pell Aid received by Say Yes Buffalo Scholars

$930,000

Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship Fund

Dollar figures are es+mates based on Say Yes Buffalo Scholars aXending postsecondary ins+tu+ons full-‐+me for the full school year. 19

Private Dollars Leverage Private College Contributions

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$$$$$$

Minimum $4,200,000+

$$ $$ $

Funding provided by private higher education partners toward Say Yes

Buffalo Scholars’ Cost of Attendance at their schools

$930,000

Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship Fund

20 Dollar figures are es+mates based on Say Yes Buffalo Scholars aXending postsecondary ins+tu+ons full-‐+me for the full school year.

Governance & Community Engagement

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Collaborative Governance Structure

Say Yes Buffalo

Scholarship Board

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

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Community Leadership Council Co-Chairs

Robert Bennett Chancellor Emeritus

NYS Board of Regents

The Hon. Byron Brown Mayor

City of Buffalo

Dr. Barbara Seals Nevergold President

Buffalo Board of Education

Alphonso O’Neil-White Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship

Rich Tobe Deputy County Executive

Erie County 23

Operating Committee

Top, L-R: Sam Radford, President, District Parent Coordinating Council; Crystal Boling-Barton, President Administrator’s Union; Dr. Richard Jurasek, President, Medaille College; Dr. Ellen Grant, Deputy Mayor, City of Buffalo; Blythe Merrill, Vice President, The John R. Oishei Foundation; Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker, President/CEO, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo; Dr. Barbara Seals Nevergold, President, Buffalo Board of Education;

Bottom, L-R: Jack Quinn, President, Erie Community College; David Rust, Executive Director, Say Yes Buffalo; Mary Ruth Kapsiak, Member, Buffalo Board of Education; Gene Chasin, Chief Operating Officer, Say Yes to Education; Carol Dankert, Commissioner of Social Services; Erie County; Dr. Pamela C. Brown, Superintendent, Buffalo Public Schools; Phil Rumore, President, Buffalo Teacher’s Federation

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Impact Dashboard Indicator Time un.l

improvement Postsecondary matriculaDon rates (public and charter)

2 years (2014-‐15)

A?endance rates 3 years (2015-‐16)

Disciplinary Suspensions 3 years

Enrollment 3 years

High school graduaDon rates (public and charter) 3 years

Academic Markers (English Language Arts and Math for grades 3-‐5 and 6-‐8 and Regents courses for grades 9 -‐12)

5 years (2017-‐18)

Postsecondary graduaDon rates (public and charter) 5-‐6 years

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Accomplishments To-Date Governance •  Community Leadership Council formed and its regular meetings attract an

average of 200 individuals •  Operating Committee formed and meets every 14 days •  Five Task Forces launched; four more in the pipeline •  Impact Dashboard released to transparently track progress

School Supports •  Coordinated Erie County commitment to fund expansion of mental health

clinics located within Buffalo public school buildings •  All 33,000 BPS students are being enrolled in Student Management

System •  42 schools have site facilitators in their buildings •  Facilitated development of quality after school programming framework

and working with District to bring it to scale

Scholarships •  In first year of providing scholarships, there was a nine-percentage-point

increase in the number of students matriculating to college versus last year •  995 Class of 2013 students started college with help from Say Yes •  Raised $19 million toward scholarships at 74 public colleges & universities •  Recruited 53 private colleges to provide scholarships to Say Yes students •  200 members of Class of 2013 participated in a summer bridge program

further to prepare them for college transition

For more information: Visit: www.SayYesBuffalo.org

Call: 716-‐247-‐5310 27

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