Membership Zone
Education Committee
Co-chairs:
Dr. Regina Turner Barclay
Luberta Jenkins
Email:
Meetings:
Fourth Tuesday of the month
6-7 PM via Zoom
To participate in a committee, you must be a current member of the Branch and then be approved by the Branch President to serve.
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* All applied to turnaround schools
Per the NAACP By-laws, the Education Committee shall:
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Seek to eliminate segregation and other discriminatory practices in public education;
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Study local educational conditions affecting minority groups;
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Investigate the public school system and school zoning;
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Familiarize itself with textbook material that is racially derogatory;
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Seek to stimulate school attendance;
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Keep informed of school conditions and strive to correct abuses where found;
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Investigate the effects of standardized and high-stakes testing practices;
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Teacher certification;
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Promote parental involvement in education; and
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Aim to be a center of popular education on the race question and on the work of the Association.
Volunteer Opportunities
General Needs
Annual Freedom Fund Banquet
Get Out the Vote
Legislative Day
Black Academic Excellence Plan
The Indiana State Conference of the NAACP, in partnership with NAACP branches across the state, on April 21 released the NAACP’s Indiana Black Academic Excellence Plan, a comprehensive guide for state and local leaders to substantially improve K-12 academic results for Indiana’s Black students. It was developed and designed by members of the NAACP Education Committee and other concerned community members.
Learn more about the plan:
Download the Executive Summary
See media coverage of the plan and what people are saying.
The plan defines and establishes principles for what Black Academic Excellence looks like in preschool through high school. It provides a blueprint for educators, legislators and government officials to frame new perspectives and provide more consistent actions to correct unsatisfactory educational outcomes throughout the state.
“Our state cannot be content with celebrating the achievement success of Black students who are deemed proficient,” said Barbara Bolling-Williams, president of the Indiana State Conference of the NAACP. “Nor should we be surprised that these high performing students were capable of somehow overcoming the odds that block success for the majority of our Black students. This success is what we should all expect for all students.”
Student Loan Debt Relief
Courts have issued orders blocking the federal government's student debt relief program. Student loan forgiveness applications have been paused while the government appeals those orders.
The student debt relief plan promised to forgive up to $10,000 in federal student debt for those who make less than $125,000 per year, or $250,000 for households, and up to $20,000 for those who received Pell Grants.
Although the government is no longer accepting applications, you can subscribe for updates at the link below. Do not fall for scams or give your information to anyone outside this official Department of Education website:
https://studentaid.gov/debt-relief/application