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Valeria S. Silva Superintendent of Saint Paul Public Schools NATIONAL TITLE I CONFERENCE
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Valeria S. Silva. NATIONAL TITLE I CONFERENCE. Superintendent of Saint Paul Public Schools. Peg video. 57 th Annual Fall Conference. Pathway to Racial Equity. The Achievement Gap in Minnesota. Mathematics MCA-III Grades 3-8 Percent of Students Meets and Exceeds by Ethnicity. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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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15%
30%
45%
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75%
90%
32%
56%
33% 30%
65%
41%
62%
41%36%
73%
37%
61%
39% 35%
70%
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
PACIFIC EDUCATIONAL GROUP
Courageous Conversations
Courageous Conversations
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engagement
BLACKAfrican American
WHITE
caucasian
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Native A
mericanLatino
SomaliKaren
HMONG
NON-CLOSUREPersonal Truth
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Pacific IslanderCULTURES
Academic success
LEARNINGteaching
FEARWHITENESS
studentsrelevanceQUESTIONS
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.
Dig into your data!
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.
Dig into your dataBe courageous
Start the conversation about race
