CHOOSING
OUR FUTURE

As our city’s largest education system emerges from a time of transition, it is time to refresh and renew our commitment to our students in Fresno Unified.

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VISION

WHERE WE WANT TO BE

We hope you will pledge your support to ours as we all move forward together for our students, our city, and our future.

As of the release of this report in early April 2018, hundreds of Fresnans have pledged their support as champions for this vision.

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We hold a vision where every

young person in Fresno is able to lead

a happy and fulfilling life…

Academically prepared with 21st century skills

Able to make a variety of choices about their future

Allowed to discover and follow their passions

Healthy and joyful

Connected and engaged with their communities

Loved and able to love others

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WHERE WE ARE TODAY

We have done our best to ground our analysis in humility and honesty about the challenges we face as a community. At the same time, we are fiercely committed to tackling these challenges head on, and believe that if we do so together, there is no challenge we cannot overcome. With this in mind, our community must begin the journey toward our vision for Fresno learners in the only place we can, that is, where are are today.

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“Not everything that is faced can be changed,
but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
James Baldwin

THREE BIG CHALLENGES

Too few of our students are ready to thrive.

Only 15% of FUSD students are prepared for college math.

Less than half are prepared for college English.

23% of Fresno County 9th graders will earn a college degree.

The future will require new skills and even more education.

65% of students entering school today will have jobs that do not yet exist.

By 2030, CA must produce 1.1 million more college graduates than we are currently on pace to produce.

400-800 million workers worldwide may be displaced by automation by 2030.

The core school model has not changed in over 100 years.

While some changes have been made, all too often the core remains the same.

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More Fresno Unified data available in our Choosing Our Future Databook

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PROPOSALS

THREE RECOMMENDATIONS

A bold vision - and the stark reality of how students are doing today and how the world of tomorrow is changing - call for courageous action. To realize our vision, we must reimagine the purpose and structure of school and design new public systems that put students at the center of schooling. We must be willing to move forward in ways that allow educators and our community to develop innovative practices and beliefs in every classroom, school building, district office, and neighborhood across the city.

We offer these 3 Recommendations as a starting point toward our bold vision.

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“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking
we used when we created them.”
Albert Einstein

THREE RECOMMENDATIONS

#1

21st Century Success for Every Child

Redefine what success looks like in the 21st century and commit to every child graduating prepared to succeed.

#2

Individualized Growth Goals for All

Empower students and educators with individualized data to ensure every child is making adequate annual progress toward graduating prepared to succeed.