“Invisible Men” Sample Agenda Items

The MIMS Institute LLC passed the one-year point as a limited liability company registered in the state of Florida on August 31.  Both, my spouse and I attended the meeting of the School Board of Hillsborough County that afternoon and evening.  The meeting lasted for more than five hours.  The time I spent there allowed me to get in three minutes of “air time” plugging “the Invisible Men”—black males in urban zip codes who demonstrate or are capable of demonstrating academic excellence.  My request of the board during the public comments is that it consider placing student achievement data related to black males on future meeting agendas.

Subject:  Sample Agenda Items to Promote Academic Excellence in an Urban Zip Code

Perhaps the data will show that:

Individual black male students, by demonstrating academic excellence, can change outcomes for an entire Zip Code.

1.  Armwood students from Zip Code 33610 and Reading Levels at beginning of the 2010-11 School Year

2.  Freshmen at Middleton (by feeder middle school) from 33610 and Reading Levels at beginning of the 2010-11 School Year

3.  Students from 33610 in Pre-GED programs at the beginning of the school year

4.  Percentage of high school students from 33610 who read below grade level

5.  2010 Black Male Graduation Rate for 33610

6.  AVID Results – Black males from 33610 entering high school in 2010 reading at or above grade level

7.  Class of 2010 Black males from 33610 eligible for Bright Futures Scholarships

8.  Black males from 33610 participating in high school International Baccalaureate programs

9.  Black male seniors from 33610 enrolled in AP Calculus

10.  Black male National Honor Society members from 33610

11.  SAT average test scores for black males from 33610

12.  ACT average test scores for black males from 33610

13.  Black students from 33610 on track to graduate with six or more AP classes in 2011

14.  Number of black male freshmen from 33610 by school

15.  Number of black male freshmen from 33610 in English I honors

We don’t know the answers, because we’re not asking the right questions [about education]. Microsoft founder Bill Gates at the National Conference of State Legislatures

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