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Advancing Creative Solutions to Assure Fairness and Excellence in Education
 

In schools where there are large numbers of African American teachers, African American students are less likely to be placed in special education classes; less likely to receive corporal punishment; less likely to be suspended or expelled; more likely to be placed in gifted and talented programs; and more likely to graduate from high school.
Patterns of Excellence: Policy Perspectives on Diversity in Teaching and School Leadership (2001)
Programs
The Southern Education Foundation (SEF) undertakes a wide range of strategies and programs that involve research, analysis, advocacy, technical assistance, and outreach.

Our program objectives are to:

  • Improve education policy and practice from Pre-Kindergarten through college
  • Inform the public about vital education issues and policy options
  • Strengthen parent, school, and private sector efforts to better meet the needs of underachieving students and to prepare America's future workforce
  • Promote a high quality of universal education

SEF's current programs include:
2010 Southern Education Leadership Summer Program
Pre-Kindergarten in the Southern States
A New Majority: Low Income Students in the South's Public Schools
Education after Katrina: Time for a New Federal Response
Miles to Go Mississippi
Miles To Go Louisiana
Arkansas Pre-K
New Imperatives for Education and Economic Development
Science and Technology Education
“Miles To Go” - Southern State Education Policies and Practices
HBCU Center to Serve
“Beyond Racism” - Comparative Human Relations Initiative
Funding Partners
Instructional Technology Assistance Project (ITAP)
Kresge HBCU Initiative
Teaching and Teacher Testing - “Unintended Consequences”
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