MPS: The Stats and Sales Approach to win in school districts

The sales approach is here.

The stats are below
The site is at http://www.edweek.org/apps/gmap/.

Below is the kind of information you can get. It's all about graduation and attendance. Figure out a way to offer Clickable Print at the MFP, and the job should be half done before your first meeting. My guess is that a clickable A4 with this kind of info sent to the principals office gets you the meeting.

Oklahoma Oklahoma City, OK sde.state.ok.us

Demographic Profile Oklahoma National Average SCHOOL SYSTEM — VITAL STATS Students 634,739 48,013,932 Schools 1,784 93,415 Districts 540 14,277 STUDENT POPULATION Race/Ethnicity American Indian/Alaska Native 18.9% 1.2% Asian/Pacific Islander 1.7% 4.6% Hispanic 8.9% 19.8% Black (not Hispanic) 10.9% 17.2% White (not Hispanic) 59.6% 57.1% Poverty (Free or Reduced Lunch Eligibility) 54.5% 41.8% English-Language Learners 7.5% 9.7% Special Education 15.2% 13.6%

Graduation Analysis Oklahoma National Average Graduation Rate for All Students, Class of 2006 70.6% 69.2% State Ranking 30th in nation — Ten-Year Trend 2006 70.6% 69.2% 2005 70.8% 70.6% 2004 70.4% 70.0% 2003 71.3% 69.7% 2002 70.6% 69.3% 2001 70.1% 68.0% 2000 67.6% 66.8% 1999 70.4% 66.0% 1998 69.7% 65.6% 1997 68.9% 65.7% 1996 67.0% 66.4% Change over time, 1996 to 2006 (percentage points) +3.6 +2.8 Graduation Pipeline, Class of 2006 Where are students lost? Percent of student lost by grade Details may not sum to 100% due to rounding. 9th grade 34.1% 31.3% 10th grade 31.9% 26.1% 11th grade 24.9% 18.9% 12th grade 9.1% 23.6%