Supporting Black Students’ Excellence: Connecting Research to Practice

Saturday, February 16, 2019

Time: 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. CT

Location:
Bringing the Gifts My Ancestors Gave: Black History Education Conference
Edgewood College, Predolin Hall
1000 Edgewood College Drive
Madison, WI 53711

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Description:

This session features a REL Midwest mini-documentary on supporting black students in Wisconsin. The video highlights three promising practices developing at Racine Unified School District in Racine, Wisconsin, showing that Black students who are mentored, have strong student-teacher relationships, and have teachers with high expectations perform better in school. The session also examines related infographics and literature reviews.

Partnership: Midwest Achievement Gap Research Alliance

Speakers:

• Jameela Conway-Turner, Researcher, REL Midwest
• Kyle Fagan, Researcher, REL Midwest