The AIE Difference

  • Finalist in Lt. Governor's Social Innovators Institute, a business plan competition for 10 Louisiana non-profit social innovators.
  • Won $3M U.S. Department of Education grant for Transition to Teaching, bringing in career STEM professionals and certifying them as teachers to place in high-need schools
  • Won $3M U.S. Department of Education grant for educational leadership development program, blending education with social entrepreneurship
  • Won $10M U.S. Department of Education grant for innovative incentive-based teacher compensation program
  • Won $3.3M Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant for a community partnership with East Baton Rouge Parish School System to design an autonomous school zone, modeled after the successful New York City Empowerment Schools, and distribute $30,000 grants to fund a summer school program in each of the 18 middle schools in EBRPSS.
  • Conceptualized, designed and facilitated district and state approval of the first two charter schools to be approved in the urban East Baton Rouge School System in over 10 years. These are the Helix Arts & Digital Media Academy and Helix STEM Academy (now operating as Mentorship Academies)
  • The CEO of AIE is a Council for a Better Louisiana Leadership Alumnus who serves with a select, invited group of executive leaders who facilitate social change in Louisiana. These change agents, through their professional and personal loves, take on projects such as preserving coastal wetlands, providing quality healthcare and education, and preserving Louisiana cultural heritage.
  • AIE is the only certified provider of 21st century skills training in Louisiana.
  • Designed, developed, and received state approval for Redesigning Lessons, Re-envisioning Principals (RLRP), Louisiana's first statewide alternative certification program for educational leaders. Over four years, RLRP has certified 19 school leaders, with 12 cohort members currently working to earn certification. AIE recently grew to reach more aspiring leaders by launching Louisiana's first state-approved virtual component to alternative certification. In partnership with Omnicademy, the RLRP "e-xperience" offers candidates an opportunity to complete the 300+ coursework hours required for both Summer Experiences through a virtual portal.

The Need: Facing A Crisis

Louisiana Student Achievement

77% of 4th Graders and 80% of 8th Graders are NOT proficient in MATH80% of 4th Graders and 81% of 8th Graders are NOT proficient in SCIENCE

Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

82% of 4th Graders and 80% of 8th Graders are NOT proficient in READING86% of 4th Graders and 83% of 8th Graders are NOT proficient in WRITING

Graduation & Dropout Rates

54.7% Louisiana High School Graduation Rate

Only 57.4% of Louisiana's children graduate from high school, ranking them 48th in the country in graduation rates.

Source: America's Promise Alliance

Funding

$8,937 spent per child on Education

The State of Louisiana spends $8,937 to educate each child in the public school system.

Source: Fiscal year 2007,
NCES Report Released 2009

 

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