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What Does it Mean to Be College And Career Ready in the African American Community?

What Does it Mean to Be College And Career Ready in the African American Community?

Update: 2014-03-29
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What Does it Mean to Be College And Career Ready in the African American Community?

This panel will explain what it means for African American students to graduate high school college and career ready. Panelists will discuss popular policies and practices impacting African Americans students, schools and communities (including the Common Core, clarifying the relationship between public charter schools and public non-charter schools and the importance of science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics). Panelists will speak to specific strategies that have demonstrated success in supporting boys and men of color, especially those disconnected from formal systems of education or employment.

Panelists
Charmaine Mercer, Vice President of Education Policy, the Alliance for Excellent Education
Gary McGaha, President, Atlanta Metropolitan State College
Joshua Young, Student, Atlanta Technical College
Nina Gilbert, Founder, Ivy Prep Academy Network
Enrico Scott, Junior, Morehouse College

Moderator
Jeff Johnson, Communications & Strategic Specialist
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What Does it Mean to Be College And Career Ready in the African American Community?

What Does it Mean to Be College And Career Ready in the African American Community?

Morehouse College MMS/MTG