Sentences with phrase «increasing racial diversity»

Laverne Burroughs, 27, spotted a small - town Mississippi market in need of minority real estate representation and uprooted herself to open a business there in the hopes of increasing racial diversity.

The report finds that despite increasing racial diversity in the US, the racial composition in environmental organizations has not broken the 12 - 16 % «green ceiling.»

Perhaps increasing racial diversity should also be a goal of the PTBA going forward.

Prompted by the rise in popularity of online dating, as well as the growing racial diversity in the United States, Richard is predominantly interested in how historic processes of interpersonal attraction are affected by modern advancements in technology and influenced by this increasing racial diversity.

While several new faces in city government will help increase racial diversity, McLaughlin said that doesn't mean issues for people of color will be focused topics.

Other steps needed to address achievement gaps include better promotions of promising teaching and relationship - building strategies in schools, a review of bias in disciplinary consequences and identification of gifted students, and effective steps to increase racial diversity in Kentucky's teaching force.

As a result, policies that assign students to schools according to socioeconomic variables can also increase racial diversity.

We decided that it was time to start giving more credit to firms that have increased the racial diversity of their partnership ranks.

Not exact matches

Google and many other technology giants started publicly sharing data on racial and gender diversity in 2014 and have faced pressure to increase the percentage of their workforce that isn't white or Asian men.

The manifesto criticized company initiatives aimed at increasing gender and racial diversity and argued that Google should instead focus on «ideological diversity.»

Rashad Robinson, executive director of online racial justice organization Color of Change, said in a statement late Tuesday that while he applauded Uber's newfound transparency, «the onus is now on Kalanick and Uber's leadership team to prove that all this public soul - searching isn't just a public relations ploy and to work with advocates and experts to meaningfully increase diversity at the company.»

«There are a whole bunch of different ideas floating around right now, how it can be modified but still meet the goals of increasing diversity across academic racial and economic,» said Kristen Berger of the local elected parent council.

The makeup of the powerful education policymaking panel will be drastically different, with increased racial and gender diversity and a greater representation of public school educators.

For innovation - focused banks, increases in racial diversity were clearly related to enhanced financial performance.

Once that is done and a «new nexus of research» begins to form around how climate science and the climate change movement can increase racial and ethnic diversity, those fact - based findings can be used to guide public climate advocacy and policy reform efforts.

Through its Fellowship Programs, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize th... read more

With an increasing amount of power players speaking out about the need for more racial and body diversity in the industry, it's a shame that street style images depict such a limited view of who is considered fashionable.

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Perhaps the only positive from this year's study was the increase in racial diversity of the characters after two straight years of declines.

There was an increase in racial diversity of LGBTQ characters.

None of the major films had a transgender character either, although there was an increase in the racial diversity of LGBTQ characters after two years of decline.

But in a new article for Education Next, «Desegregation Since the Coleman Report: Racial composition of schools and student learning,» Steven Rivkin of the University of Illinois at Chicago identifies a key trend masquerading as resegregation: the decreasing enrollment share of white students due to the increasing ethnic diversity of public schools.

«What's happening now, all over the country, is an increasing racial, linguistic, and religious diversity» as high numbers of immigrant families settle into small rural communities.

Potter and Quick are the authors of a recent report by the Century Foundation that makes the case for increasing racial and socioeconomic diversity in schools and that highlights school districts and charter schools that are pursuing this goal.

«Given the strong influence of poverty on student academic achievement, these changes have increased the challenge of improving student outcomes in IPS,» the report read, promising a plan to cultivate schools capable of erasing the achievement gap associated with inner city schools where high levels of poverty and greater racial diversity exist.

The new law calls for replicating magnet school programs that demonstrate «success in increasing student academic achievement and reducing isolation of minority groups» and «increase racial integration by taking into account socioeconomic diversity.»

Moreover, the report included case studies of three school districts, located in separate areas of the country, each using different strategies to voluntarily increase racial and socioeconomic diversity, such as utilizing magnet schools, new student attendance zones, and school choice policies.

Its supporters claimed the Department of Education's plan would decrease overcrowding and increase economic and racial diversity.

In addition to racial diversity, ABC also has increased its assistance for students of varying economic backgrounds, helping not only students who have significant financial constraints, but also middle - class students.

IDEA Comprehensive Health Professions (IDEA CHP) will dramatically increase the racial and socioeconomic diversity of schools in Austin by providing a high - quality, college - preparatory, comprehensive health professions education in or near downtown Austin via an open - enrollment lottery.

Increasing racial, ethnic, linguistic, socio - economic, and gender diversity in the teacher workforce can have a positive effect for all students, but the impact is even more pronounced when students have a teacher who shares characteristics of their identity.20 For example, teachers of color are often better able to engage students of color, 21 and students of color score higher on standardized tests when taught by teachers of color.22 By holding students of color to a set of high expectations, 23 providing culturally relevant teaching, confronting racism through teaching, and developing trusting relationships with their students, teachers of color can increase other educational outcomes for students of color, such as high school completion and college attendance.24

This new partnership expands educational opportunities to more students and through its enrollment priorities, empowers Herron High School to increase geographic, racial and socioeconomic diversity at Herron's 16th Street campus and create a new diverse population at Riverside, Herron's newest campus.

Since the mid-1990s, New Haven has embarked on a voluntary desegregation initiative that is intended to increase rates of racial diversity within its public schools and improve academic outcomes for students of color, particularly those who are black or Hispanic.

Even so, it seems that as carefully curated as the guest list appeared to be, racial diversity was not the priority that it should have been, especially considering that increasing the diversity of students studying abroad was one of the main goals of the event.

The organization's mission is to increase racial and ethnic diversity at all levels of the legal professions in the Capital District (Albany, Rensselaer and Schenectady counties and surrounding areas) for the benefit of Black, Hispanic and other attorneys of color and the entire legal profession.

Prior to establishing VMCG, Vernā was the first Executive Director of The Boston Law Firm Group, a consortium of firms committed to increasing racial / ethnic diversity.

Relative to the broader population, women of color are overrepresented in the early childhood workforce, but racial and ethnic diversity tends to decline as credential requirements increase.

This committee acts affirmatively to increase racial, national origin, and religious diversity for our membership, leadership, and the profession as a whole.

MBA is committed to increasing racial, gender, sexual orientation and ethnic diversity within the mortgage banking industry.