Valeria S. SilvaSuperintendent of Saint Paul Public Schools

NATIONAL TITLE I CONFERENCE

57th Annual Fall Conference

Peg video

Pathway to Racial Equity

The Achievement Gap in MinnesotaMathematics MCA-III Grades 3-8

Percent of Students Meets and Exceeds by Ethnicity

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Scores are for all grades 3 to 8 for MCA-III tests from 2011 to 2013.A new Mathematics test was introduced in 2011 and cannot be compared to previous years. Source: MDE

The affect of income and race in SPPS

73%Students of color

73%Free or reduced-price lunch

40,000students

6,500employees

gap between African American and White achievement45 pt

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Race Matters

Institutionalized racism – intentional or not – has affected every generation of students and will continue to do so until leaders have the courage to identify and interrupt it.

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ParentInvolvement

Language

Mobility

Poverty

Race

High expectations for ALL students

Personal beliefsdrive your actions

COLOR BLINDNESS

Race affectsevery one of us -whether through privilege or prejudice -

EVERY DAY

ALL children need to feel part of the every day school curriculum

MUST BEAdults in schools

COURAGEOUS

• Obama video

• Changing systems

• Valuing children of all races

• Soul searching

SPPS Racial Equity PolicySaint Paul Public Schools (SPPS) students deserve respectful learning environments in which their racial and ethnic diversity is valued and contributes to successful academic outcomes.

This policy confronts the institutional racism that results in predictably lower academic achievement for students of color than for their white peers.

Eliminating our district’s institutional racism will increase achievement, including on-time graduation, for all students, while narrowing the gaps between the highest- and lowest-performing students.

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Be courageous

Start the conversation about race