Sentences with phrase «address racial disparities»

The report recommended that the Ottawa Police Service determine the reasons behind these phenomena, whether they be systemic biases or specific policies, and develop and implement solutions, including a multi-year action plan to address the racial disparities demonstrated in the report.

The findings reinforce the need for urgent and robust actions to address racial disparities.

The Public School Forum identified the need to lift race as a focal point of public education in the 2016 Top 10 Education Issues, and has already been in discussion with local education agencies seeking to address racial disparities.

The Mayor's Leadership Team on School Climate and Discipline, convened earlier this year and of which I am a member, issued a set of recommendations last month that include measures to reduce school suspensions and arrests, address racial disparities, and collect more important data that will show what we know has been happening inside our schools.

Hammond urged educators to address racial disparities head - on and to avoid «color blindness,» which reinforces the dominant narrative of white privilege and minority inferiority.

Bender argued that targeted charter schools can help students of color who have been failed by the public school system, while Slekar said that school choice undermines the effectiveness of public schools, including their ability to address racial disparities.

April 23, 2016 (St. Paul)-- Nearly one hundred teachers from across Minnesota joined Educators 4 Excellence - Minnesota for its annual member summit today, which focused on providing teachers with the skills to address racial disparities in school discipline.

He served as the first Research Director for the Minority Students Achievement Network (a national consortium of school districts working to address the racial disparities in students» outcomes), working with district leaders to study patterns of racial inequality in their schools and enact practices to reduce such inequalities.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, one of few New York politicians who has opposed marijuana legalization, promised to relax police enforcement after facing increasing pressure to address racial disparities in pot arrests.

«Whilst we welcome the intention behind the audit of public services to address racial disparities, the fact is that in education, the Department for Education is already in possession of a wealth of evidence, much of it provided by NASUWT, on racial and other inequalities faced by young people, teachers and the education workforce in general.

On the same day, NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill announced that the police department has created a 30 - day working group to address the racial disparities in marijuana - related arrests.

The Trump administration is exploring whether to reverse Obama - era guidelines addressing racial disparities in how schoolkids...

Full - service community schools — community - school partnerships that emphasize community - driven, holistic and asset - based school ideals — are increasingly implemented across the nation as a means to assist school stakeholders in addressing racial disparities and countering deficit, dehumanizing narratives of minoritized groups, including Black children.

Fraijo is a board member of the Equal Justice Society that addresses racial disparities in the justice system.

Today, while continuing the work of Time Banking, Edgar Cahn has embarked on a civil rights initiative to address racial disparity by proposing to shift the focus from past to future by formally giving officials a future choice between continuing with present practices that often result in racially disparate impact, with validated, less expensive and replicable alternatives.

We examine access to child - care assistance as a civil rights issue and challenge state administrators to ensure they are serving families in a way that addresses racial disparities.

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Racial and ethnic disparities persist in the prevalence of preterm birth and infant mortality, and group prenatal care may be particularly useful in addressing disparities in perinatal outcomes such as preterm birth among black women.

The MMR Board will also be tasked with developing recommendations to the Commissioner of Health on strategies to address Severe Maternal Morbidity and racial disparities.

Nixon also blasted racial disparities in marijuana enforcement as the mayor and the NYPD face criticism for persisting disparities, despite the fact that the city revised its policy in 2014 to address them.

It addresses the issue of racial disparities in expectant mothers.

The racial disparities persist despite the fact that the city updated the policy in 2014 to address it.

Sections also include the extent of racial health disparities in the US; the causes; the role of government policies in perpetuating these disparities; the adequacy of government response; and key actions needed to address health disparities.

An analysis of survey data from participants in the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)- based Disparities Leadership Program — a yearlong executive education initiative designed to help health care leaders address racial and ethnic disparities in health care services — has identified five important strategies that helped participants implement successful projects for their inDisparities Leadership Program — a yearlong executive education initiative designed to help health care leaders address racial and ethnic disparities in health care services — has identified five important strategies that helped participants implement successful projects for their indisparities in health care services — has identified five important strategies that helped participants implement successful projects for their institutions.

With NIH Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak, Collins has authored a response in Science outlining steps the agency will take to address the apparent racial disparity.

The current study addresses 3 new research questions related to persistent racial disparities in the HEDIS outcome measures.

Implication # 3: New repayment options such as the Revised Pay - As - You - Earn (REPAYE) plan may alleviate the worst consequences of racial debt disparities, while failing to address underlying causes.

Teachers are arguing that efforts to change student - disciplinary practices — largely in an attempt to address big racial disparities in who gets suspended and expelled — are making their classrooms harder to manage.

In that same spirit, we urge you now to consider the voices of thousands of educators from across the country who are committed to ending racial and gender discipline disparities in our schools through evidence - based strategies aimed at addressing the root causes of student misbehavior.

Rescinding this guidance would be a major setback for students, and for teachers who are committed to implementing evidence - based strategies that address the root causes of student misbehavior and end racial discipline disparities in our schools.

With the region's success tied to the aspirations of all young people and their full participation in our economy and society, Great Lakes states must address a history of persistent racial disparities in wealth, income, and education.

Situated in a district that is working to address longstanding racial disparities in academic and disciplinary outcomes, this study will provide insight into how equity - oriented reforms translate into classroom practices.

Prudence Carter, Russell Skiba, Mariella Arredondo, and Mica Pollock, You Can't Fix What You Don't Look At: Acknowledging Race in Addressing Racial Discipline Disparities, Disciplinary Disparities Briefing Paper Series (Bloomington, IN: Equity Project at Indiana University, 2014).

«You Can't Fix What You Don't Look At: Acknowledging Race in Addressing Racial Discipline Disparities,» by Prudence Carter, Russell Skiba, Mariella Arredondo, and Mica Pollock, is the fifth in a series of briefing papers published by the Discipline Disparities Research - to - Practice Collaborative.

The 2014 guidance helps schools avoid the arbitrary application of school discipline, identify unexplained racial disparities, and take steps to address them, such as providing school - based interventions for students.

Presenters will also share how they leverage community partnerships to address racial and educational disparities.

We are calling for a realignment of City resources to reflect the critical need to appropriately support students» social - emotional needs and address the striking racial disparities in police interventions.

CAC not only addresses the class and racial disparities in college access, but also builds a pipeline of future leaders in school counseling and higher education administration.

Titled Trinket, Pope.L's exhibition uses a mixture of visual metaphors to address aspects of the American experience, ranging from its long - standing racial disparities to the dynamic nature of its evolving democracy.

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.

As the membership association for Healthy Start programs nationwide, NHSA promotes the development of community - based maternal and child health programs, particularly those addressing the issues of infant mortality, low birth weight and racial disparities in perinatal outcomes.

The federal Healthy Start initiative, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) addresses racial and ethnic disparities in birth outcomes by supporting projects in communities that experience high infant mortality rates.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation's 2017 Race for Results: Building a Path to Opportunity for All Children report addresses the well - being of children of color and children from immigrant families.The data show racial and ethnic disparities between children by measuring 12 indicators and produce an index score to show varying......

The one big idea I hope to offer in our article is that student - centered and colorblind conceptualization of social emotional learning (SEL) may limit the degree to which school reforms can substantially address racial and gender discipline disparities.

MomsRising has shared their new Birth & Maternal Health Resource Book addressing the issue of maternal death (death associated with pregnancy) and maternal mortality (physical or mental illness or disability related to pregnancy and childbirth), including racial disparities among African American women.