Educational Resources

Pacific Educational Group seeks to provide interactive educational experiences through a variety of media including print, video and audio pod casts.  Experience PEG in our new VLE!  This “virtual learning environment” will give you tools and information to build your own practice as an equity educator.

Publications

APS: In Blind Pursuit of Racial Equity? by Evan Apfelbaum

 “Colorblindness" has emerged as central strategy for managing racial diversity in schools, business, politics, and the law, with the hope that deemphasizing racial differences will lead to equality, tolerance and inclusion (Sep 22, 2010).  However, new research from the Kellogg School of Management shows that promoting colorblindness can lead people to turn a blind eye to even overt examples of racial discrimination and hamper the prospect for intervention…..

Apfelbaum, E. P. (2010, September 22).  In blind pursuit of racial equality? New Kellogg school research suggests a colorblind approach to diversity may frustrate efforts to identify and confront discrimination.   Retrieved from http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/obsonline/in-blind-pursuit-of-racial-equality.html.

The Root:  Dropout Rate for Blacks in California High Schools Hits 37 Percent by Nsenga Burton

Burton presents more data on the ever widening achievement gap.  2009 stats are reporting that over a third of African-American public high school students dropped out before graduation day in California.  The African-American dropout rate increased three percentage points from 2008 to 2009 and continues to be well above the drop out rate of other ethnic groups. Latino students had the second-highest drop out rate in California in 2009 at 27 percent. What will it take to interrupt this trend?

Burton, N. (2010, December 8).  Dropout rate for blacks in California high schools hits 37 percent.   Retrieved from http://www.theroot.com/buzz/dropout-rate-blacks-california-high-schools-hits-37-percent. 

For a taste of what PEG is reading, view this month’s top pick. 

The Devil's Highway: A True Story, by Luis Alberto Urrea. 

In this work of grave beauty and widely praised pieces of investigative reporting, we follow 26
men.  In May 2001 they attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona
through the deadly region known as the Devils Highway.  This  desert is so harsh and desolate,
that even the Border Patrol is afraid to travel through it.  For hundreds of years this place has
stolen mens souls and swallowed their blood. Only 12 of the men made it out.

See what PEG and clients are reading on Shelfari    

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Dedication, Washington, DC:    
President Barak Obama addressed a crowd of thousands to dedicate a national memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. 
His speech is a moving tribute to Dr. King's life and work.  President Obama said, "For this day, we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s return to the National Mall. In this place, he will stand for all time, among monuments to those who fathered this nation and those who defended it; a black preacher with no official rank or title who somehow gave voice to our deepest dreams and our most lasting ideals, a man who stirred our conscience and thereby helped make our union more perfect." October 16, 2011.

NPR: California Teachers May Get Racial Sensitivity Training by Elaine Korry
Teachers in California may be required to take racial sensitivity training next year (Nov 20, 2007). The training would help close the "achievement gap" between students of different races; white and Asian students score higher on tests than their black and Latino classmates. 

Korry, E. (2007, November 20).  California teachers may get racial sensitivity training (Podcast).   Retrieved from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16466271.

Forum with Michael Krasny:  Live from Sacramento - Achievement Gap
California's African-American and Latino students continue to score lower than their white and Asian counterparts on standardized tests. In a special live broadcast from our Sacramento studios, we look at new efforts to close this achievement gap.

Krasny, M. (2007, November 14).  Live from Sacramento achievement gap (Podcast).   Retrieved from http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R711141000. 

 Articles

Read what the U.S. News & World Report is saying about PEG.

In a country where white students vastly outperform black and Hispanic students on national standardized tests, one education innovator says the performance gap can be eliminated on a school-by-school basis by having honest discussions with teachers about race. "We like to create proxies for conversations around race," says Glenn Singleton, president and CEO of Pacific Educational Group, a consulting firm based in San Francisco that's dedicated to addressing racial education disparities.

Read what the Association of California Administrators is saying about PEG.

Glenn Singleton’s Pacific Educational Group works to narrow, and eventually eliminate, the achievement gap. Lodi USD was attracted to PEG because of its emphasis on looking at the effects of personal and institutional racism on educational outcomes.  Through a Systemic approach PEG’s foundational two-day Beyond Diversity training. Beyond Diversity provides participants with agreements and conditions for having courageous conversations about race.

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