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Valeria S. Silva

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.

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Valeria S. Silva

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  1. Valeria S. Silva NATIONAL TITLE I CONFERENCE Superintendent of Saint Paul Public Schools

  2. Peg video 57th Annual Fall Conference

  3. Pathway to Racial Equity

  4. The Achievement Gap in Minnesota Mathematics MCA-III Grades 3-8 Percent of Students Meets and Exceeds by Ethnicity 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

  5. The affect of income and race in SPPS

  6. 40,000 73% students Students of color 6,500 73% employees Free or reduced-price lunch 45 pt gap between African American and White achievement

  7. PACIFIC EDUCATIONAL GROUP Courageous Conversations

  8. Courageous Conversations Race LISTEN Pacific Islander WHITENESS discomfort FEAR CULTURES engagement ASIAN Native American students LEARNING SKIN COLOR relevance ACHIEVEMENT GAP white privilege teaching QUESTIONS caucasian Latino Academic success African American Somali RIGOR Karen BLACK HMONG Personal Truth WHITE NON-CLOSURE

  9. Race Matters

  10. 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.

  11. Dig into your data! Poverty Mobility Race Language Parent Involvement

  12. High expectations for ALL students

  13. Personal beliefs drive your actions

  14. COLOR BLINDNESS

  15. Race affects every one of us - whether through privilege or prejudice - EVERY DAY

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

  17. Adults in schools MUST BE COURAGEOUS

  18. Obama video

  19. Changing systems • Valuing children of all races • Soul searching

  20. SPPS Racial Equity Policy Saint 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.

  21. Be courageous Dig into your data Start the conversation about race

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