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Patterson Research Institute  \nLIFT EVERY VOICE AND LEAD:  \nAfrican American Leaders’ Perceptions of K-12 Education Reform  \nMeredith B. L. Anderson, Ph. D.  \nCaroline Harper, Ph. D.  \nBrian K. Bridges, Ph. D.  \nLift Every Voice and Lead is the second report in a three-part series on African American perceptions of K-12 education. Done to Us, Not With Us: African American Parent Perceptions of K-12 Education was the inaugural report in the series.  \nAcknowledgments  \nThe authors would like to thank Hart Research Associates for collecting the data that served as the foundation for this monograph; Dr. Janet Awokoya, formerly of the Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute, who provided feedback on early drafts; and Sekou Biddle and Naomi Shelton for continuing to drive this body of work within UNCF and setting a vision for how research changes perceptions of K-12 education reform.  \nBloomberg Philanthropies ([www.bloomberg.org](www.bloomberg.org)) generously funded the research for this monograph.  \nSuggested citation: Anderson, M. B. L. , Harper, C. , & Bridges, B K. (2017) . Lift Every Voice and Lead: African American Leaders’  \nPerceptions of K-12 Education Reform. Washington, DC: Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute, UNCF.  \n© 2017, UNCF. All rights reserved.  \nTable of Contents  \nForeword ........................................................................ 3  \nIntroduction ................................................................... 5  \nStudy Scope and Methods ............................................ 6  \nKey Findings .................................................................. 6  \nRecommendations ...................................................... 13  \nConclusion ................................................................... 15  \nAppendix ...................................................................... 16  \nEndnotes ...................................................................... 17  \nLIFT EVERY VOICE AND LEAD: AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF K-12 EDUCATION REFORM 02  \nForeword  \nThis study, Lift Every Voice and Lead: African American Leaders’ Perceptions of K-12 Education Reform , is critical to UNCF’score mission: helping students of color get the college education that they need and the 21st-century economy demands.  \nAuthored by three researchers at UNCF’s Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute, Lift Every Voice and Lead is, an authoritative assessment of the potential for African Americani community leaders—a group of clergy, local politicians, business leaders and education leaders often described as “grasstops” to parallel community members at the“grassroots”—to garner support for K-12 public school reform. But, just as important, Lift Every Voice and Lead is a call to action for these leaders to help their communities exert their necessary influence on education reform.  \nWhy is UNCF, an organization whose core mission is to send students to and through college, taking a national role in K-12 education reform? Because, for students of color, as for all students, college success depends on students receiving a pre-college education that prepares them for college coursework. And far too many of the schools that serve minority and low-income neighborhoods do not give their students adequate preparation. In 2015, for example, only six percent of ACT-tested African American students who graduated from high school met college readiness benchmarks in each of the four primary subjects: English, reading, math and science.  \nMany of the cities and states with substantial minority populations have robust education reform movements. But although the primary beneficiaries of reform are communities of color, the movements tend to be led by whites. 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