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Detroit School of Arts 2008-2009 • Instituted Integrating Math and Science in Every Day Life workshop • Served as Evening/Weekend tutor Carnegie Math Credit Recovery Algebra/Geometry • Michigan Merit Exam Math proficiency increased to 17.58% from 12.70% • Michigan Merit Exam Math Science proficiency increased to 27.27% from 23.53% Hustle & TECHknow Preparatory High School 2006-2007 • Created unique English class to solve illiteracy problem • Class moved schools’ collective Lexile Reading grade level from 4.2 to 7.8 • Sent three quarter finalist to the National Vocabulary Championship • 80% graduation rate, 100% postsecondary matriculation • Educational Program of the Year 2007, Automation Alley Duke Ellington Conservatory of Music and Art 2005-2006 • Orchestrated merger of two existing Detroit Public Schools. • Increased Middle School MEAP scores to 84% in Reading from 44% • Enhanced teacher –parent partnership • Increased parent involvement at home and at school Hanstein Elementary 2002-2004 • Orchestrated increase in MEAP scores to 78.1% in Reading from 28.1% • Orchestrated increase in MEAP scores to 69.1% in Math and 39.1% • Enhanced teacher –parent partnership • Increased parent involvement at home and at school

hands-on, Blended Learning, Virtual, Gamification

Educational Program of the Year 2007, Automation Alley

Ida Byrd-Hill graduated with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Economics in 1989 from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. She is pursuing a MBA at Strayer University and has been groomed in the Leadership Detroit Class XX and MSHDA Contractors School.

She is a book lover - an information maven - a radical activist who believes applied Information and knowledge is power. She has spent 22 years fighting to transform the lives of individuals with applied information.