Chair: Jim Hilbert
Meeting Information
The Education Committee will meet every 1st Thursday of the month from
2:30pm - 3:30pm beginning January 1, 2016.
The meeting will be held in Club Room A at the Hallie Q. Brown Community
Center, 270 North Kent Street, Saint Paul, MN 55102.
*Committee meetings are open only to branch members and their guests.*
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Job Description
The Committee on Education shall:
Seek to eliminate segregation and other discriminatory practices in public education.
Issue
Saint Paul Public Schools "Strong Schools, Strong Communities" three-year strategic plan to improve education for all students.
Position
This plan inadequately addresses our concerns about increasing student achievement and maintaining desegregation in schools, based on an examination of the test scores data.
Status
The Saint Paul NAACP and the African American Leadership Council issued a joint position statement in opposition to the plan. We laid out our issues and asked on March 15 that the School Board table their vote until our concerns are addressed. The School Board voted unanimously to approve the plan. Updated March 22, 2011
See also
"Finding Our Way Back to First: Reclaiming World Leadership by Educating All America’s Children” identifies the best practices for educating all of America’s children. The report highlights the solutions needed for our children to succeed in today’s global economy. This is the first comprehensive agenda from the NAACP in almost 10 years.