Education Group

The purpose is to discuss the education goals and identify ways to work with MCPS to achieve these goals. 

The key issues for this group:

• African Americans have high dropout rates.

• Achievement gaps between African Americans and whites still

• persist.

• There are too few African American role models as teachers or

• administrators.

• African American students receive differential disciplinary treatment

• in comparison to white students.

Notes from Meetings and Presentations

• MCPS Superintendent Blackburn's December 8th presentation to Dialogue on Race Education Issues Group Members

• PPT Presentation on State Accreditation and Federal Accountability

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Martha Ann Stallings, Gunin Kiran and Lynn Everett discuss the agenda at the 2017 Summer Summit.

Meetings: Virtual on Zoom until further notice

the first Wednesday of the month, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

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Where: The location rotates but typically is in the Christiansburg area.

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Contact: Martha Ann Stallings mstallin@vt.edu