Sentences with phrase «about racial disparities»

MBA President and CEO David Stevens on Recent News Stories about Racial Disparities in Lending

This report also acknowledges that a lack of data could spread misinformation about racial disparities in student loan debt.

During the December hearing, Sen. Chris Murphy (D - CT) asked Marcus what he thought about racial disparities in student discipline, such as black students facing harsh discipline at much higher rates than white students.

In 2014, the Department of Education released results of its Civil Rights Data Collection that contained some alarming statistics about racial disparities in school discipline.

A black custodian at the medical school had been fired after raising a stink about racial disparities in salaries.

#BlackLivesMatter needs to be concerned about the racial disparity in abortion in America, and the pro-life movement has to remember that the sanctity of life means all of life.

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PHILADELPHIA — Lawyers for an investigative reporting organization filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Philadelphia region's main transit agency after it refused to run ads about the group's stories on racial disparities in mortgage lending.

The firm has been vocal about pushing for such information in the past, and Citi's voluntary disclosure of gender and racial pay disparities will only embolden Arjuna and others to push other companies for similar details.

One night at a party, a woman I barely knew told me all about colostrum, racial disparities in breast - feeding rates and how I absolutely had to have a hands - free pump.

The dialogue that ensued engaged the authors with a series of questions surrounding the book's central thesis: despite the real progress in racial equality achieved by the 1960s civil rights legislation, the United States political institution has been caught in between two modes of conceptualizing, and enacting policy, about race — both of which have failed to close the tremendous gap in racial disparities in social and economic welfare that are a legacy of American history.

That's why I have launched an unprecedented audit of public services to shine a light on these racial disparities and let us do something about them.

Speaking to about 1,000 people Nixon cast her support as primarily driven by racial disparity in marijuana arrests, declaring that «I want to do it first and foremost because it's a racial justice issue.»

«Increased freedoms for schools have also resulted in heightened concerns about widening racial disparities affecting BME pupils, with black Caribbean pupils being three times more likely to be excluded from schools comparted to white pupils.

«I am disappointed that there is racial disparity in arrests, as I have been and was in the leadership on stop - and - frisk, and I want to see it corrected,» Sharpton said, responding to a reporter's question about de Blasio's attitude toward the issue.

But, he struggled for concrete answers at other times, such as when debate panelists asked how he would reform the city's child welfare services to reduce racial disparities or what he would do about the city's jails.

She wondered whether something about the psychological effects of economic scarcity might be making pre-recession racial disparities even worse.

Physician decision making about cardiac stress testing also does not result in racial / ethnic disparities in cardiovascular disease.

«While racial disparities in surgical outcomes have been reported in adult health care, less is known about possible disparities in pediatric surgery,» said first author David I. Chu, M.D., a fellow in Pediatric Urology at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

Lima cautions, however, that much remains to be understood about the root causes of racial disparities and how to fix them.

Our analysis reveals the surprising, disproportionate role of graduate school enrollment — particularly for - profit graduate enrollment — in contributing to the overall black - white debt gap, and raises questions about how these racial debt disparities will further evolve beyond the end of the follow - up period.

Teachers are just as negative about federal attempts to eliminate racial disparities in disciplinary practices.

State Study Cites Racial, Income Disparities in Special Education The Herald News, April 24, 2012» «Poor kids are being served in special education at relatively high numbers, almost at about twice the rate you would expect in the population in general,» said Thomas Hehir, a Harvard School of Education professor and former director of special education programs for the U.S. Education Department.»

The 2014 letter, then, was based on dubious claims about the effects of school discipline and highly questionable assumptions about what is driving racial discipline disparities.

The civil rights concerns, meanwhile, arise from the stark racial disparities in school discipline rates, with African American students about three times more likely than whites to be suspended.

It's about whether the feds should launch proactive investigations in any school system with racial disparities in its discipline rates.

The stark racial disparities in suspensions and expulsions raise real concerns about bias and discrimination.

In this interview with teacher leader Maya Kruger, Luis discusses community building in his classroom and beyond and shares about his passion for ending racial disparities in discipline.

Rather than resolve individual complaints about sexual assault or harassment on campus, or racial disparities in K - 12 school discipline, the Obama - era OCR would begin «a full - blown investigation of the entire institution» every time it received an individual complaint.

Last fall, the executive board of the NAACP adopted a resolution proposed at their national convention, calling for a moratorium on the expansion of charter schools, and citing concerns about their impact on public school districts, racial disparities and other issues.

And I would like to ask Dr. Jones - DeWeever if you could tell us a bit about your research concerning subprime lending and racial and gender disparities in the distribution of subprime loans?

Originally focused on improving race relations among youth in Greater Boston, the Foundation's mission today is to support programs addressing inequality in its various forms, including racial, ethnic and gender disparities in both Greater Boston and metropolitan Washington, D.C., and to raise awareness about these issues.

During this month, much attention is put on «raising public awareness about health and healthcare disparities that continue to affect racial and ethnic minorities and efforts to advance health equity.»

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