Sentences with phrase «achievement for african»

The study, Starting With Why: How District Leaders Create a Compelling Sense of Urgency to Drive District - wide Change, features the Wilkinson County School District in Irwinton, GA and examines how leaders developed, promoted, and supported a district - wide culture of instructional innovation that laid the groundwork for steady gains in 8th grade math achievement for African - American males and economically disadvantaged students.

Warm demander pedagogy: Culturally responsive teaching that supports a culture of achievement for African - American students.

This study sought to answer the question, how effectively does Montessori instruction promote achievement for African American third grade students in reading and math, compared to similar traditional schools and other public school choice programs?

Increases in achievement for African American and Latino students, in particular, were substantially higher than the average gains for students overall at all three age groups and in both subjects.

This moment should be seized to dramatically increase one of the few educational programs the feds fund that has actually been shown to increase achievement for African - American students.

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Conservative African Americans see themeselves as empowered individuals responsible for their achievements..

So, just as a African American there are things that other African Americans have done that White supermacist want me to answer and link to... there are positive African American achievements as well but we are suppose to judge each other as indiviudals Wonk, so my own actions are all I am responcible for.

ALTHEA GIBSON SCHOLARSHIP (Value: $ 2,000 / year; Open to: African American applicants): In 2007, USTA NorCal enacted the Diversity Committee Althea Gibson College Scholarship in honor of the valuable contributions Althea Gibson made to tennis, as well as in honor of her memory, life, and achievements of this exceptional pioneer who paved the way for millions who followed.

The Mo Ibrahim award for «Achievement in African Leadership» rewards good governance with five million USD paid over ten years to support government programs.

Thus, to a certain extent the Ibrahim Foundation denied the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership to Kufuor because of these facts.

In February, for example, the Amgen BEN held a youth summit to discuss the achievements of black scientists with local African - American students.

He is a recipient of the Dallas Safari Club Africa Big Game Award for his collection of African elephants, buffalo, lions and leopards, and the Outstanding Hunting Achievement Award for his 30 - year quest to collect of all 30 North American «big game» animals, of which 15 are «records class» (very big).

Global vaccine experts and officials from all 26 African «meningitis belt» countries have convened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to celebrate one of Africa's biggest public health achievements — the introduction of a vaccine, MenAfriVac ®, designed, developed, and produced for use in Africa, that in five years of use has nearly eliminated serogroup A meningococcal disease from meningitis belt countries and is now being integrated into routine national immunization programs.

In 2014 Professor Abdool Karim was awarded the ASSAf Science - for - Society Gold Medal for «outstanding achievement in scientific thinking to the benefit of society» and the South African Medical Research Council Gold Medal for her seminal scientific contributions in HIV research.

The Arthur B.C. Walker II Award recognizes outstanding achievement by an African American in astronomy and for actively promoting diversity in science.

Recognition of Excellence through Awards ASSAf Science - for - Society Gold Medals are the apex awards of the Academy and the South African science system and are awarded in recognition of outstanding achievements by individuals.

A U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Achievement in Filmmaking was presented to American Promise, directed by Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson — This intimate documentary follows the 12 - year journey of two African - American families pursuing the promise of opportunity through the education of their sons.

The Foundation for the Augmentation of African - Americans in Film (FAAAF) introduces four honorary awards, three for Career Achievement and the other for Entertainer of the Year.

The individual studies of the privately funded K — 12 scholarship programs in the District of Columbia and Dayton reported overall achievement gains only for the large subgroup of African American students in the program.

We find that the accountability provisions of NCLB generated large and statistically significant increases in the math achievement of 4th graders and that these gains were concentrated among African American and Hispanic students and among students who were eligible for subsidized lunch.

Most studies of academic achievement find little or no benefit of attending a private school for white students, but quite large benefits for African Americans.

According to another recent study, the black - white achievement gap shrinks by a third when African American youngsters attend a Boston charter for just one year.

Among the education topics he discusses are the black - white achievement gap, education reform strategies, improving outcomes for African American students, and affirmative action in higher education.

Furthermore, scores rose faster for African American and Hispanic students, narrowing achievement gaps.

Hugh B. Price: When I headed the National Urban League, the centerpiece of my tenure was our Campaign for African - American Achievement.

Moreover, the reason for a school's failure to win an award was often not that African - American and Latino students were lagging behind, but that white non-Hispanic students experienced slower growth in achievement: the average school with multiple racial subgroups witnessed larger gains for African - American and Latino students than for white students.

African American students advanced from the bottom quarter of Chicago's test score distribution for white students to the 46th percentile in reading and math, essentially closing the racial achievement gap.

It seems appropriate that the achievements of African Americans receive attention annually during this month, after being poorly recognized for so long.

According to Teach for America spokesperson Takirra Winfield, the program has three major components: discussions on the «history of inequity in the United States»; teaching recruits to view poor children's families and neighborhoods as «assets» to academic achievement, not liabilities (a concept borrowed from African American educational theorists like Lisa Delpit and Gloria Ladson - Billings); and introducing corps members to classroom management tactics.

She returns to Baltimore schools after serving for three years as vice president for K - 12 policy and practice at The Education Trust, a Washington, DC - based nonprofit focused on closing the achievement gap experienced disproportionately by African American, Latino, and Native students and students from low - income families.

Today, the graduation rate for African - Americans is 75 percent, still lower than our white counterparts, but an increase that shows our community rapidly closing that achievement gap.

Shoemaker Campus was also recently recognized as one of the top ten middle school and top ten high schools in the state of Pennsylvania for accelerating the achievement levels of African - American students.

Schools that report low achievement for English - language learners also report low test scores for white and African - American students, and share characteristics associated with poor performance on standardized tests, according to a study released by the Pew Hispanic Center.

Black History Month is a celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their role in U.S. history.

Recent results on our Nation's Report Card (the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP), for example, tell us that during the NCLB era, student achievement in reading and math improved for African American, Hispanic, and white students alike, and achievement gaps among these groups narrowed.

Not only in becoming part of the larger conversations about education and research, but also more specifically in regard to narrowing the achievement gap for African American male students.

The most recent state assessment results show that the achievement gap between African American and white students is 30 percentage points for 3rd grade English Language Arts and 33 percentage points for Algebra 1 — two academic benchmarks often used to project college and career readiness.

Although achievement is not where it should be, notable improvements have been made for white students, African American students, and Latino students.

The California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) responds to Arizona State University professor David Dr. Garcia's review for the National Education Policy Center's (NEPC) Think Twice think tank review project of CCSA's report: Chartering and Choice as an Achievement Gap - Closing Reform: The success of California charter schools in promoting African American Achievement.

By and large, L.A. Unified charters also outperform the district average in API scores and graduation rates for Latino and African American students, and students from low - income families; in other words, they are succeeding at closing the socioeconomic achievement gap that plagues U.S. education.

Demographics of students and families in the United States continue to shift and pernicious achievement gaps persist for low socio - economic status (SES), African - American, Native American, and Latino students (marginalized students of color).

The academic achievement gap for poorer youth is particularly pronounced for low - income African American and Hispanic children compared with their more affluent White peers.

Fund (LDF) of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), highlights the continued need for greater educational equity, and warns that race and gender disparities in opportunity and academic achievement lead to high dropout rates, limited job opportunities, and increased risk of poverty for African American females.

His class reached an achievement gap busting 92 % passing rate on the 2005 Michigan State English Language Arts Assessment, besting the State average for African American students by 48 percentage points.

Amy Wilkins of the Education Trust, an advocacy group that seeks to close the achievement gap, said she is concerned that plans submitted by Indiana and Oklahoma don't do enough to hold schools accountable for educating Latino, African American and other minority children.

The authors find that class - size reduction helps increase student achievement substantially, especially for African Americans and students with poor attendance.

The school system recently created an Office of Innovation and Research to develop strategies for boosting achievement, particularly for African American and Hispanic male students, the chancellor said.

Research shows that small class sizes particularly improve achievement for low - income and African American students.

From 2005 to 2015, for example, fourth - grade reading proficiency on the test known as «the nation's report card,» showed that achievement differences between white and African American students moved from an 8 - point gap to 11 points.

Her publications address issues in narrative, African American academic achievement and strategies for creating civic and intellectual engagement in undergraduate classrooms.