Sentences with phrase «access for students of color»

My previous two posts have described how schools can improve access for students of color and students living in poverty to follow their passions and have more voice in choice in their learning.

Not exact matches

In addition to civil rights for people of color, women and LGBT, there has been an expansion of religious liberty for minority sects, enforcement of viewpoint neutrality with respect to access to various public and non-public forums (e.g. religious student groups must be granted equal access to school facilities as their secular counterparts, etc) greater protections against age and disability discrimination, and recognition of habeas corpus rights even for enemy combatants.

In the focus groups we ran, people often discussed the downsides of desegregation — the biggest of which is lack of belongingness, especially for students of color who, in many desegregated schools, do not get welcomed in the same way, or get access to the same experience as white students.

97, Ed.D.» 03, dismiss the notion of a post-racial United States and demonstrate how far there is to go to improve access and opportunity for students of color.

In the past few years, educators and education advocates have put a robust focus on equitable access and representation in STEM fields for disadvantaged groups, such as girls or students of color.

But I think it would be hard to have been a part of TFA and not walk away as an advocate for ensuring that students from a low - income background and students of color are not being served or have access to social mobility.»

We're starting off with two, but hopefully this is a pipeline for students of color to get earlier access to opportunities like AOCC, so they can be exposed and encourage their friends to apply to the fellowship.

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In - grade retention has been linked to increased rates of disciplinary actions and limited access to rigorous educational programs for students of color (Jimerson, et al., 2005).

In accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 («Title VI»), Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 («Title IX»), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 («Section 504»), Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 («ADA»), and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 («The Age Act»), applicants for admission and employment, students, parents, employees, sources of referral of applicants for admission and employment, and all unions or professional organizations holding collective bargaining or professional agreements with Capital City Public Charter School («Capital City») are hereby notified that Capital City Public Charter School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status, family responsibilities, political affiliation, source of income, or disability in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs and activities.

From America's Wire: «Educators cite these causes for the disparity in performance: Lowered expectations for students of color Growing income inequality and lack of resources in low - income school districts Unequal access... Read More

For instance, across the country, racial gaps persist in access to rigorous coursework.15 Schools also disproportionately assign students of color to remedial courses and disproportionately advance white students to gifted and talented programs, which sends harmful messages to students of color about their ability.16

The very educational policies that the Gates Foundation has influenced into law, are the very barriers that are failing students of poverty and color from having equal access for graduation.

For 25 years IHEP has worked tirelessly to expand college access and promote success for all students, especially low - income students, working class students, and students of colFor 25 years IHEP has worked tirelessly to expand college access and promote success for all students, especially low - income students, working class students, and students of colfor all students, especially low - income students, working class students, and students of color.

We do all of this in service to our mission and for what lies at the heart of our theory of impact: students of color living in poverty who deserve equal access to opportunity through a high - quality education.

To download a free copy of Men of Color: Ensuring the Academic Success of Latino Males in Higher Education or to learn more about IHEP and its other programmatic efforts helping to increase college access and success for underserved student populations, visit the organization's Web site at www.ihep.org.

For students experiencing difficulty with organizing and memorizing information, teachers may use: (1) mnemonic devices such as the acronym HOMES, which stands for the names of the Great Lakes; (2) riddles, poems, and songs for remembering important people, places, and events; (3) check lists and calendars for organizing and completing assignments; (4) color coding for organizing and accessing materials and assignments (for example, different colored notebooks or dividers for different assignments and subjects); and (5) multisensory assignments and activities for remembering more fully an experience or more thoroughly grasping a concept from a concrete example (for example, construction projects, three - dimensional maps, textured artifacts, period music, dance, and dress, regional dialects and languages, and samples of various cuisineFor students experiencing difficulty with organizing and memorizing information, teachers may use: (1) mnemonic devices such as the acronym HOMES, which stands for the names of the Great Lakes; (2) riddles, poems, and songs for remembering important people, places, and events; (3) check lists and calendars for organizing and completing assignments; (4) color coding for organizing and accessing materials and assignments (for example, different colored notebooks or dividers for different assignments and subjects); and (5) multisensory assignments and activities for remembering more fully an experience or more thoroughly grasping a concept from a concrete example (for example, construction projects, three - dimensional maps, textured artifacts, period music, dance, and dress, regional dialects and languages, and samples of various cuisinefor the names of the Great Lakes; (2) riddles, poems, and songs for remembering important people, places, and events; (3) check lists and calendars for organizing and completing assignments; (4) color coding for organizing and accessing materials and assignments (for example, different colored notebooks or dividers for different assignments and subjects); and (5) multisensory assignments and activities for remembering more fully an experience or more thoroughly grasping a concept from a concrete example (for example, construction projects, three - dimensional maps, textured artifacts, period music, dance, and dress, regional dialects and languages, and samples of various cuisinefor remembering important people, places, and events; (3) check lists and calendars for organizing and completing assignments; (4) color coding for organizing and accessing materials and assignments (for example, different colored notebooks or dividers for different assignments and subjects); and (5) multisensory assignments and activities for remembering more fully an experience or more thoroughly grasping a concept from a concrete example (for example, construction projects, three - dimensional maps, textured artifacts, period music, dance, and dress, regional dialects and languages, and samples of various cuisinefor organizing and completing assignments; (4) color coding for organizing and accessing materials and assignments (for example, different colored notebooks or dividers for different assignments and subjects); and (5) multisensory assignments and activities for remembering more fully an experience or more thoroughly grasping a concept from a concrete example (for example, construction projects, three - dimensional maps, textured artifacts, period music, dance, and dress, regional dialects and languages, and samples of various cuisinefor organizing and accessing materials and assignments (for example, different colored notebooks or dividers for different assignments and subjects); and (5) multisensory assignments and activities for remembering more fully an experience or more thoroughly grasping a concept from a concrete example (for example, construction projects, three - dimensional maps, textured artifacts, period music, dance, and dress, regional dialects and languages, and samples of various cuisinefor example, different colored notebooks or dividers for different assignments and subjects); and (5) multisensory assignments and activities for remembering more fully an experience or more thoroughly grasping a concept from a concrete example (for example, construction projects, three - dimensional maps, textured artifacts, period music, dance, and dress, regional dialects and languages, and samples of various cuisinefor different assignments and subjects); and (5) multisensory assignments and activities for remembering more fully an experience or more thoroughly grasping a concept from a concrete example (for example, construction projects, three - dimensional maps, textured artifacts, period music, dance, and dress, regional dialects and languages, and samples of various cuisinefor remembering more fully an experience or more thoroughly grasping a concept from a concrete example (for example, construction projects, three - dimensional maps, textured artifacts, period music, dance, and dress, regional dialects and languages, and samples of various cuisinefor example, construction projects, three - dimensional maps, textured artifacts, period music, dance, and dress, regional dialects and languages, and samples of various cuisines).

Advocates will make the claim that charters and voucher programs offer poor students of color the same opportunities for access and success that students in wealthier communities enjoy.

This framework recognizes that to truly close achievement gaps, our nation must address underlying «opportunity gaps» — the deep disparities that exist in access to quality educational resources, particularly for low - income students and students of color.

Moreover, if we are to ensure that great teaching consistently reaches all students, we must explicitly address inequities in access to our strongest educators for low - income students and students of color.

On March 28th, 2016 the first - ever Educator Equity Lab was held at Jackson State University in Mississippi, where more than one hundred education stakeholders made commitments to ensuring equal access to excellent teachers for the state's students of color and students from low income backgrounds.

In this role, Wil spearheads Ed Trust's mission to highlight inequities and outline solutions in order to improve access, success, affordability, and completion in higher education for low - income students and students of color.

In 2014, the U.S. Department of Education launched the Excellent Educators for All initiative to support states and districts in ensuring that students of color and low - income students have equitable access to excellent educators.

In a subsequent article, the Sacramento Bee featured Aguilar saying that the way to increase equity and access in the district's special programs is not through lowering the standards of admittance into HISP for students of color.

In another location of the classroom where children can easily access the bins, the same colored bins are used for placing books, games, magnetic letters, etc. taught in the small - group setting that those students can later use during literacy centers.

Rachel researches, cleans, analyzes, and interprets key teacher data, with a focus on understanding patterns of access to strong, well - supported teachers for low - income students and students of color.

Jose Luis Santos: As Ed Trust's vice president of higher education policy and practice, José Luis oversees all aspects of the organization's higher education work, which is focused on improving access, affordability, completion, and post-enrollment success for low - income students and students of color.

Confronted by the dominant attitude that demographics were destiny, a group of committed educators, led by Dacia Toll and Doug McCurry, set out on a mission to provide equal education access to all America's children and conceived of a school in which high expectations and strong student outcomes were the norm — where access to four - year college for low - income students and those of color was a right, not a privilege.

If you caught our review a few months ago of the Jetbook K12, the new Jetbook color uses the exact same firmware to give you access to many of its modules that make it a must have for any student.

The Student Loan Marketing Association (and, if the Association is privatized under section 440, any successor entity functioning as a secondary market for loans under this part, including the Holding Company described in such section) shall not engage directly or indirectly in any pattern or practice that results in a denial of a borrower's access to loans under this part because of the borrower's race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability status, income, attendance at a particular eligible institution, length of the borrower's educational program, or the borrower's academic year at an eligible institution.