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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)

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Growing Our Own: Education Leadership Development for a New Era

In 2004, The Southern Education Foundation marked the 50 year anniversary of the United States Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education, by creating the “Education Summers Leadership Initiative.” The Initiative is an investment in providing a new generation of young people with the opportunity to continue efforts to improve Southern education quality, access, achievement and attainment. “Growing Our Own: Education Leadership Development for a New Era.” is a report on the first five years of the internship program and on the more than 93 students who have participated. The report captures only the words and ideas of promising young people who have participated in the Leadership Initiative, but information about the real impact the Initiative has had on the students, the independent sector and education equity in the South and the nation. Many of SEF’s Interns have gone on to become teachers, policy-makers, school administrators, children’s advocates and, most importantly, leaders.

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