THE POWER OF POSSIBILITY

National Urban Fellows

Leadership Conference 2014

Laurie Posner

Senior Education Associate

Intercultural Development Research Association

a framework for action

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A New Day

Structural Inequities • Funding inequities and cuts

• Disparities in teacher preparation, pay

• $2,251 less/year in high-minority schools within the same district

• Over-representation in disciplinary referrals/under-representation in dual

credit/AP

• Disparate course offerings

• 29% of high-minority high schools offer calculus, compared to 55% of

schools with lowest black and Hispanic enrollment

• Unequal paths: K-12, higher ed, workforce

• [In last decade], 82% of new white freshman enrollments were at the

468 most selective four-year colleges, compared to 13% for Hispanics

and 9% for African Americans

Sources: New America Foundation, FEBP, 2012; U.S. Department of Education, OCR national survey of over 72,000 schools serving 85% of students, 2012,

NCES, 2010; SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2013

Intercultural Development Research Association, 2013

Intercultural Development Research Association, 2013

8.1

12.7

41.4

9.5

36.4

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

AfricanAmerican

Hispanic White Econ.Disadvantaged

Not Econ.Disadvantaged

Source Data: Texas Education Agency SAT/ACT at or above Criterion

College Readiness

Comprehensive Action Model

Intercultural Development Research Association, 2005

Actionable Knowledge and Coalition-Building

to impact policy and practice

Family and Community Leadership

Educator Leadership and Networks

Valuing Youth, without Exception

and Youth Leadership

District and Regional Transformation

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