See what leading national experts are saying about Bellevue's approach to K-12 education.  This video was produced and funded by The Boeing Company in 2006 in partnership with Bellevue Schools to document implementation of a district-wide math curriculum.  It features top experts explaining the challenge facing American educators  and looking at how Bellevue's approach could serve as a national model for others to follow.

A Partnership Success Story 

In 2003, a school district in the community of Bellevue, Washington just east of Seattle, began working to completely transform the way they teach mathematics to all K-12 students.  To align their curriculum with the best international, national, state and local standards for academic achievement for all students, the Bellevue School District partnered with a group of distinguished educators committted to solving a serious and worsening problem in American education.

Today the most powerful nation on earth - is lagging behind a number of other countries in K-12 education - notably in the critical areas of math and science.  This situation is documented in the 2003 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study - or TIMSS.  Every year throughout the nation, a large percentage of students are graduating from high school unprepared for college - and career success. 

This video presents a look at this challenge and what one school district is doing to change it.

Click here to view the full-length 46 minute version of the streaming video "A Partnership Success Story"

Or go directly to selected segments of Boeing video:     

1. Intro - Attacking the K-12 Crisis - 1 min.
2. The K-12 Dilemma - 5 min.
3. It's the Curriculum - 2 min.
4. The Challenge of Change - 2 min.
5. The Unprepared Graduate - A Huge Cost - 1 min.
6. Partnering to Build a Standard Curriculum - 2 min.
7. A Blueprint for Success - Bellevue Schools -3 min.
8. Every Child Engaged and Challenged - 5 min.
9. The Case for Standardization - 3 min.
10. Teacher Support - 4 min.
11. Student Support - 2 min.
12. Results - The Bottom Line - 6 min.
13. Community Support  - 2 min.
14. Curriculum Breakthroughs - Key to Success - 6 miin.

Quick overview version - click here  - 4 min.