4. By 4th grade, African-American
and Latino students are, on
average, nearly three academic
years behind their white peers.
5. Only 10% of students at Tier 1
colleges (146 most selective) come
from the bottom half of the income
distribution.
6. Barely half of African-American, Latino, and
Native American students graduate from
high school, with African American students
graduating at 54%, Latinos at 56%, Native
Americans at 51% and their white
counterparts at 77%.
7. WHAT IS SFER?
a network of universities and individuals across
the United States dedicated to educational
equity
has a mission to “mobilize the next generation
of leaders on college campuses to close the
achievement gap and ensure an excellent
education for all children.”
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8. WHAT DO SFER MEMBERS DO?
act as policy advocates: SFER members support
pro-student state legislation while learning about
the “politics of education reform”
raise campus awareness: SFER members host guest
speakers, table, and host educational events such
as film screenings and “dinner discussions” where
members can discuss issues in ed reform and
optional or assigned reading- often with invited
professors, graduate, or undergraduate students
9. collaborate with other campus SFER groups as well
as work with the national organization and its
partners, the Done Waiting Coalition and National
School Choice Week
visit schools at high performing schools in
traditionally disadvantaged or low-performing
districts including: Excel Academy, Roxbury Prep,
KIPP RISE Academy, KIPP SPARK, North Star
Academy, and Harlem Children’s Zone Promise
Academy, among others.
11. WHAT DOES SFER BELIEVE?
SFER Believes in High Expectations
“We believe that all students, regardless of race or
background, are capable of achieving at a high level.
While we recognize the challenges of poverty, we
believe that a great education is the first step for a
student to succeed — a school must not abandon its
primary mission of providing an excellent education
for its students.”
http://www.studentsforedreform.org/about/what-we-believe/
12. SFER Believes in Quality School Options and
Community Engagement
“We believe that parents and students should be able to
select excellent schools that enable students to become
active, informed citizens. Parents and students deserve
access to meaningful information about the quality of their
local schools, and school systems must provide parents
and community members with avenues to participate in
their children’s education.”
http://www.studentsforedreform.org/about/what-we-believe/
13. SFER Believes in Rigorous Standards and
Meaningful Assessment
“We believe that students deserve clear, high standards
and rigorous, meaningful assessment to accompany a
culture of high expectations. We believe that transparent
and effective use of data can give teachers vital information
about how to meet individual student needs. However, we
believe assessment should be a means, and not an end, to
student learning.”
http://www.studentsforedreform.org/about/what-we-believe/
14. SFER Believes in Great Teachers and Leaders
“We believe that great teachers and leaders are central to a
thriving school, and as students, we value our teachers
enormously. We believe that great teachers deserve to be
respected and recognized, and that teaching our nation’s
children is a privilege, not a right. We believe that schools
and school systems must have the ability to attract,
support, and retain the best teachers possible.”
http://www.studentsforedreform.org/about/what-we-believe/
15. BE PART OF THE MOVEMENT
http://www.studentsforedreform.org/
http://www.educationequalityproject.org/
http://www.waitingforsuperman.com/action/
http://www.uncommonschools.org/
http://www.kipp.org/
16. Sun Devils for Education
Equity!
CONTACT vmorrow@asu.edu
FOR MORE INFORMATION
ON HOW YOU CAN BECOME A
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