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White Paper
Theory of Change Model
Challenge: A significant number of children emanating from economically challenged environments, struggle to connect a quality education to their future financial well-being. The inability to make that critical connection often leads to high levels of tune-out, tardiness, absenteeism, disengagement, and dropout. Solution: Districts must put-forth an effort to identify the students who suffer from said challenge and supply them with specialized training and curriculum that assists in making the connection. Results: When we strengthen the critical thinking/problem solving skills requisite to connecting a quality education to future financial independence, we tap into an instinctual and primal motivator, inherent in children who emanate from impoverished communities ... "Survival." Listen closely to a significant number of students who come from impoverished communities and you will hear them speak of playing in the NBA, becoming rappers, or street hustlers, as a means to gain future financial security. They simply do not see education as a means to that end. When we help them qualify and quantify education we assist in shifting the paradigm from going through the motions, to vigorous and active participation. |
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The Institute for Student Empowerment created a survey design to measure how well students connect a quality education to their future financial well-being. Below are some of the findings.
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