On December 17 and 18, Education Evolving brought L. Scott Miller to the Twin Cities to engage in a series of conversations about minority achievement in K12 and at the university levels. Scott believes that there should to be greater focus placed on African American and Hispanic students who are among the middle and professional classes, as defined by parent education level and family income. Some of the greatest disparities in performance come “within-class,” he argues, at these higher socio-economic levels.
Scott Miller is currently executive director of the National Task Force on Early Childhood Education for Hispanics at Arizona State University. Prior to this he was executive director for the Consortium for High Academic Performance at UC Berkeley, focused on increasing the number of high GPA undergraduates from underrepresented groups at selective institutions. He also has served as director of the National Task Force on Minority High Achievement at the College Board, senior vice president at the Council for Aid to Education, and senior program officer at the Exxon Education Foundation. His views are spelled out in his 1997 book, An American Imperative.
For a summary description of his talk click here. Ted Kolderie and Bob Wedl share what they learned from Miller's talk - click here.
