Urban Education Research Center (UERC) Evaluation Report.
Learn about Startland Education’s impact in the Kansas City Metro through our pilot evaluation with UMKC.
Highlights.
Over 75%
of our Social Change Interns were women or gender minorities.*
*Numbers based on our cohorts from Fall 2021 to Summer 2022.
Over 73%
of our Social Change Interns were students of color.*
91% of interns
improved their ability to “transform their ideas into something real” through the Social Change Internship experience.
89% of interns
Interns networked with people their age of a different social background after SCI, compared to just 31% at the start of the experience.*
*Numbers based on a student focus group survey conducted by UERC.
Educators.
Two-thirds
of our Educators were from Title I Schools.*
*Numbers based on 264 teachers surveyed from Fall 2021 to Summer 2022.
Over 50%
of our educators taught core-content.*
86% of educators
agreed their desire to connect with real world professionals increased as a result of their experience in our programming.
95% of educators
said their likelihood to implement design thinking in the classroom increased as a result of their experience in our programming.
*Numbers based on teacher focus group surveys conducted by UERC.
Our reach.
1316 Students
1000+ students directly participated in our programming over the course of 2022.
100+ Schools
We’ve worked with over 100 schools––mainly across the KC-Metro–to date.
30+ Districts
To date, we’ve worked with over 30 districts across Kansas and Missouri.
357 Educators
In 2022, we worked directly with a total of 357 educators, indirectly exposing over 26,000 students to design thinking.
Our Partners.
Impact reports.
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Design Thinking Cadre - Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools
This Design Thinking Cadre was a custom, 8-session professional development program for educators––equipping them with a design thinking experience, methodology, and common language to utilize in their classrooms and school systems.
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Social Change Internship (Young Women's Edition)
Our sixth cohort of the Social Change Internship was open to women and gender minorities as we continue to combat systemic gaps and barriers, and push for an educational culture that inspires and empowers women.
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MECA Challenge - Career Education Consortium
In this collaborative event, students addressed a real-world problem, ideated solutions and pitched their ideas to peers and key stakeholders. Working in teams and with local mentors, students created their concept and delivered a final pitch.
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Back 2 School Innovation Challenge
In our first-ever Back To School Innovation Challenge (#B2SChallenge), over 150 Kansas City students from 11 different schools joined us virtually to solve the vaccination need in our community.
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Social Change Internship
In 2021, our Education team was able to launch three cohorts of the Social Change Internship due to its popularity and high demand amongst Kansas City students and educators alike. 82 students have been accepted into the program, and counting.
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MECA Methods - Hogan Preparatory Academy
Our Education team partnered with Hogan Preparatory Academy to offer Startland’s signature MECA Methods - our design thinking workshops for educators. Hogan’s educators specifically had the objective to build a scaffolded real world learning project.
Schools and districts we’ve worked with.
Creating Access.
In the following video featuring Startland’s very own Veronica Alvidrez, Thaila Cherry of ProX (formerly known as Entrepreneurship KC) and Kauffman Foundation communicate the wealth gaps facing underrepresented families and what Kansas City needs to do to combat this––specifically through entrepreneurship.
Contact.
We are looking forward to partnering with you! Feel free to contact us with any questions.
team@startlandedu.org
1475 Walnut St.
Kansas City, MO 64106