Education
Indiana Black Academic Excellence Plan
Planning for Black Academic Excellence:
Closing The Academic Achievement/Opportunity Gap
Working with state and national experts, the Indiana State Conference of the NAACP has identified Foundational Principles, Key Steps and Action Strategies to guide how government leaders and officials, the educational community, parents, community members and students can ensure substantial improved academic excellence for Indiana’s Black students.
NAACP's Education Mission
The NAACP works to ensure that every disadvantaged student and student of color graduates ready for college or a career by ensuring access to great teaching, fair discipline, equitable resources and challenging curriculum. We are dedicated to eliminating the severe racial inequities that continue to plague our education system. Our ultimate goal is that every student of color receives a quality public education that prepares him or her to be a contributing member of a democracy.
To achieve these goals, the Education Committee of the national board, in concert with education chairs and leaders from across the Association, have settled upon a four-prong strategy to improve educational achievement for disadvantaged students:
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Increasing Resource Equity: Target funds to neediest kids
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Ensuring College & Career Readiness : A path to success after graduation for all students
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Improving Teaching: Growing our own great teachers now in underserved communities
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Improving Discipline: Eliminate zero tolerance; keep kids in school*