African Americans

Testimony before the Califormia Legislative Black Caucus Informational Hearing on Closing the Achievement Gap: Challenges and Opportunities for African American Students in California Public Schools

Date:

May 5 2010

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ETW DR LINDA MURRAY_OFFICIAL TESTIMONY BEFORE THE CA LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS_MAY 05 2010.pdf

African American Achievement in California

As Black History Month comes to a closeand we prepare to commemorate the 50th Anniversery of Brown v. Board of Education, we examine an educational system in California that remainsvery much seperate and unequal. Opening the schoolhouse doors to all students has not meant equal opportunities or equal outcomes. And it certainly hasn't meant equal or equitable access to high-quality teachers, rigorous classesand resources that would help low-performing students achieve.

Publication date:

August 15 2004

Proposition 54 "Racial Privacy Initiative": Not "Color Blind," Just Plain Blind

The High School Diploma: Making it More Than an Empty Promise

What's the point of high school?
When posed in this fashion, without context, this question seems rather light hearted, perhaps a bit rhetorical. But it is not. The question is one of sober seriousness.

Prepared for: Senate Standing Committee on Education, Hearing on Senate Bill 1731
Testimony by: Russlynn Ali, Director, The Education Trust West