Sentences with phrase «achieve racial diversity»

These declines have taken place despite myriad «race - neutral» efforts intended to achieve racial diversity and undermine the nation's ability to meet workforce projections and remain internationally competitive.

In Louisville, Kentucky, educators employed Opportunity Mapping and decided to retain a school choice system that achieves racial diversity.

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In September 2016, the NCAA asked its members to sign a non-binding pledge «to specifically commit to establishing initiatives for achieving ethnic and racial diversity, gender equity and inclusion with a focus and emphasis on hiring practices in intercollegiate athletics to reflect the diversity of our membership and our nation.»

Many charter schools, some profiled here, strive to achieve racial and socioeconomic diversity through outreach, location, and other means.

A quarter - century after outlawing strict racial quotas in higher education, the U.S. Supreme Court heard powerful arguments last week on whether race can still be one factor among many that colleges use to achieve diversity in admissions.

Since 2010, the civil rights office has issued detailed directives on eliminating racial disparities in school discipline; the allocation of school resources among racial groups; schools» responsibility for preventing bullying; the use of race - based assignments to achieve diversity; achieving gender equity in intercollegiate and interscholastic sports, and support for pregnant and parenting students.

the New York City Department of Education's (DOE) plan to add racial diversity to Specialized High - Schools by offering intensive test prep to high - achieving, underserved students as too - little, too - late, the Panel for Educational Policy has voted to make a

Ali, R., & Pérez, T.E. Guidance on the Voluntary Use of Race to Achieve Diversity and Avoid Racial Isolation in Elementary and Secondary Schools (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division and U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, December 2011).

While this case affirmed that school districts have compelling interests both in achieving diversity and in avoiding racial isolation, it added a new level of legal uncertainty for school districts trying to achieve these goals.

If, however, a race - neutral approach would be unworkable to achieve the compelling interest of diversity and / or avoiding racial isolation, a school district may employ generalized race - based approaches but may not make decisions on the basis of any individual student's race.

Districts may design school choice programs in a way that achieves diversity or avoids racial isolation using race - neutral factors (such as socioeconomic status) or generalized race - based factors that look at things like the overall racial composition of neighborhoods but do not involve decision - making on the basis of any individual student's race.

Some charter schools, like Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy in Rhode Island and High Tech High in California, achieve socioeconomic and racial diversity by enrolling students from across a region.