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State of Students 2006 Minnesota Minority Education Partnership (MMEP) STATE OF STUDENTS OF COLOR 2006 Minnesota Minority Education Partnership (MMEP) STATE OF STUDENTS OF COLOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Minnesota Minority Education Partnership, Inc. would like to thank the following people and institutions for creating this report. Lead Researcher and Writer Caritza Mariani, Student Highlighted Schools Dr. Bruce Vandal, Intern, Augsburg College Bruce Vento Elementary MMEP/Education Darrel Rivard Geoff Maruyama, Commission of the States Linda Parker University of Minnesota Brooklyn Junior High Report Working Group Douglas Shapiro, Mendolia, Giuseppe (Rob) Janelle Ackerstrom, Minnesota Private College Kim Monnette Student Intern, Macalester Council College Jen Riewe Raul Ramos, Minnesota Gretchen Ray Dr. Ernest Davenport, State Colleges and Larry Bilbro University of Minnesota Universities Nisa Giaquinto Janet Jones Alexandra Djurovich, Emanda Thomas, Angie Billipson Minnesota Office of Higher Graduate Assistant, Katie LaPoint Education University of Minnesota The International Victoria Ford, Catherine Wanjugi, Education Center Citizens League Graduate Assistant, Scott Flemming Hamline University Jackie Fraedrich, Farah Nut Robbinsdale Areas Schools Karen Woodward, Helen Fisk Nora Hayes, Support Our Schools Karen Kraco Heidi Schuchman Minnesota Independent Others School Forum Abshir Isse Barb Schlaefer (Editing) Andrea Singer Peggy Hunter, MN Office of Higher MMEP Board Member Education Henry High School Gary Kociemba Jon Bacal Birch Jones, Minneapolis Jean Stilwell Public Schools Joe Nathan Ponemah School Ramona Gehlert Carol Steigauf Ruth Soukup TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements . i Table of Contents . 1 A Letter from our Board President and Executive Director . 2 Executive Summary. 4 Telling The Story of Students of Color . 6 Talking About Communities of Color and Education. 7 Student of Color K-12 Enrollments: Statewide Growth and Diversity . 9 Student of Color K-12 Achievement: Making the Grade . 20 Students of Color and College Success . 40 Redefining Success for Students of Color. 46 The Next Challenge: Math and Science for Students of Color . 49 Footnotes and Table of Figures and Tables. 50 Appendices . 52 The Minnesota Minority Education Partnership, Inc. (MMEP) . 87 For More Information . 88 Contributors. 89 LETTER FROM BOARD PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR elcome to the Minnesota Minority WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN FOR OUR Education Partnership, Inc. (MMEP) 2006 STATE? W State of Students of Color report. We appre- ciate your interest in the MMEP 2006 State of Students The answer to that is ultimately left to you; we want of Color report. This is the third report issued by our this report to be your resource, to be used in a way organization since 2001 and we hope that it will be as that helps you to better understand what is happening useful a tool to you as the previous reports have been. with students of color in Minnesota and to empower Through these reports we believe that MMEP is you to act on their behalf. However, let us offer a few sending an important call out to the state of ideas for you to ponder as you shape your response. Minnesota to do better by students of color. Many First, we believe we must generate a high level of individuals and institutions have turned to our report urgency in Minnesota on producing better academically as a primary resource prepared students from our K-12 system. We must guide for promoting acknowledge that the need to produce better results such a progressive cannot be accomplished by solely focusing on White/ agenda. Anglo students. The growth of our student base is We have mixed among students of color, the areas where we can feelings about the make huge advancements is among students of color, information we share the competitive edge we need in a global economy with you in this report. can be provided by the diverse cultural perspectives On one hand the data of students of color, the fulfillment of our democracy tells that there are cannot be made without students of color. Our collec- measurable improve- tive well being is intimately tied to how well students ments in some areas of of color do in our schools and in society, and right students of color now they are mostly not doing well. academic performance. Second, we must have the same sense of urgency Elona Street Stewart, We celebrate those around successful higher education participation for Board President advancements, indeed students of color. If our K-12 system is the foundation in the report we highlight the efforts of a diversity of for a flourishing citizenry and workforce then our schools that are experiencing better academic post secondary system is the point at which that base outcomes in standardized tests. We also note the is grafted to human dreams to form solid individuals increase numbers of students of color enrolled in post that can navigate a new world of human possibilities secondary schools as a positive sign. based on high skills and knowledge. Without a post However, the data also shows us that the achieve- secondary experience, dreams can easily wither and ment gap, as measured by standardized test scores in leave us with wasted human potential; research labs, K-12, has not closed and remains persistently wide social creativity and venture capitol migrate to other 2 and while more students of color are in our colleges states and to other countries while Minnesota slides and universities, the rate of enrollment following high into mediocrity. school graduation actually declined last year. In addi- Third, we must never forget that education is, at tion, the high school graduation rates of students of its fundamental core, a process of human interaction. color remain unacceptably low. Genuineness, care for the other and an embracing vision of how we will live together as equals, respectful of our differences, is as important to driving better educational outcomes as the promise of high tech jobs and super salaries. No student is motivated by a call to close the achievement gap, he or she can however within our historical Our collective well being is legacy as a beacon for democracy and intimately tied to how well equality, that what we are accepting as the students of color do in our high standard for academic and civic schools and in society, and expectations is not so high after all. Closing right now they are mostly the racial achievement gap is vitally important, not doing well. but so is setting academic standards for all students that allow Carlos Mariani-Rosa be turned on by a call to find their true selves and our nation to interact Executive Director to fulfill their destiny as the empowered people of a with other societies in a great and just society. Racism denies the inherent high quality way, both as worthy economic competitors value of each human being; it is incompatible with and as worthy civic counselors on issues of equality any educational system of a democratic society. and racial and cultural harmony. Our young under- Fourth, communities of color—parents, students, stand this latter calling, but little in our educational community activists—must be part of all efforts to reward system encourages it. drive better academic outcomes for all students. There is much afoot in Minnesota in response to Minnesota has a curious habit of moving ahead with the issues we identified in our first reports. College grand educational plans without involving communities readiness programs are proliferating, a pilot free of color at critical decision making points. Indeed, tuition program for 13’th and 14’th grade has been MMEP asserts that a better approach is to follow the launched, as has a state driven high school redesign lead of communities of color and to invest heavily in endeavor. New after school programs are being imple- their processes for educational reform as opposed to mented. Corporate business discussions, connecting investing only in institutional responses to educational the achievement gap to future workforce needs are change. yielding new investments to reform efforts. Many of Fifth, we should acknowledge that standardized these involve multi-sector partnerships which we tests, while extremely helpful, offer an incomplete believe is the best way to sustain true reform. Still, assessment of the capacity of many students. We they are only the beginning; we are still losing too should resist all efforts to classify students solely by many students. Be a part of these emerging efforts, how well they scored on a test. We need to develop make them grow, make high quality education for all multiple ways by which we can properly guide and students, of all races and cultures, a reality in nurture the development of the human mind and Minnesota. spirit. Perhaps we will find that many high performing students on standardized tests perform very poorly on the human interaction skills so necessary to a successful life and that many of our low test performers excel in this regard. The resulting “achievement gap” in such a Elona Street Stewart scenario might point to great deficiencies among Board President upper income White/Anglo students. Finally, no discussion of achievement gaps should take place without an overarching vision for our society 3 and economy. We may find that, contextualized in both the new set of emerging global relationships and Carlos Mariani-Rosa Executive Director EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A State of Change he series of State of Students of Color reports As the 2006 State of Students of Color report is continues to evolve as both feedback from released, another wave of education reform sits on the T previous reports identify additional information horizon. Tom Friedman’s book, The World is Flat, has and new challenges and opportunities are revealed to created new momentum to improve the education educators, policy makers, community and business levels of Americans, particularly in math and science.
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