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Presented at National Urban Fellows Leadership Conference, 2014
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THE POWER OF POSSIBILITY
National Urban Fellows
Leadership Conference 2014
Laurie Posner
Senior Education Associate
Intercultural Development Research Association
a framework for action
New Year’s Day /
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
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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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Laurie Posner
Intercultural Development Research Assocation [email protected]
www.idra.org