Article 7 obliges the states parties to undertake measures to combat prejudices which lead to racial discrimination and to promote understanding, tolerance and friendship
among racial and ethnic groups and I think that that's where we started with the discussion that the honourable Minister gave us of the reconciliation process and its varied programs that are being put in place, the way in which it is trying to be innovative, et cetera...
In August 2012, the Michigan Department of Community Health released an Infant Mortality Reduction Plan to combat infant mortality and reduce disparities
among racial and ethnic groups.
Research proffered by Barton (2005) found that student achievement gaps
among racial and ethnic groups are large and persistent (p. 12).
However, in Memphis, the suspension rates
among all racial and ethnic groups was disturbingly high.
Native American students have the lowest graduation rate
among all racial and ethnic groups in the Northwest, a dire fact that fueled the conversation at a recent...
For the past 16 years, the Puente program has strived to boost the academic achievement of underserved Latino high school students, who have the highest dropout rate and lowest college attendance
among all racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
Controlling for this allowed us to study whether the narrowing of the gaps
among racial and ethnic groups on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) was comparable to changes on the highly regarded NAEP exams.
The adoption of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Section 2952: Support, Education, and Research for Postpartum Depression mandated ongoing research to better understand the frequency and course of postpartum depression, address differences in treatment needs
among racial and ethnic groups, and develop culturally competent evidence - based treatment approaches (U.S. Department of Labor, 2012).
In August 2012, the Michigan Department of Community Health released an Infant Mortality Reduction Plan to combat infant mortality and reduce disparities
among racial and ethnic groups.
The percentage of children who live with two parents has been declining
among all racial and ethnic groups.
Not exact matches
More than 4 out of 5 evangelicals (84 %), practicing Christians (85 %),
and those who attended church in the past week (85 %) said there was a lot of anger
and hostility
among the different
ethnic and racial groups in America today.
The survey spanned various
racial,
ethnic, religious
and socioeconomic
groups,
and was conducted
among public, private
and parochial school students.
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.
Black, non-Hispanic service members had a rate of 24.4 new diagnoses of hypertension per 1,000 person - years (p - yrs), nearly 50 percent higher than the rates
among members of all the other
racial and ethnic groups studied, according to the analysis published in the Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, a peer - reviewed journal on illnesses
and injuries affecting service members.
Incidence rates
among African American service members were higher than rates in other
racial and ethnic groups in all age
groups.
The researchers sought to compile standards that more accurately reflect the best fetal growth during healthy pregnancies
among the most common
racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
However, the improvement was more prominent
among white
and Asian women
and those in urban areas, suggesting more work is needed to reach women in other
racial and ethnic groups and those living in rural areas, Harvey said.
Investigators led by Jeffrey Drope, Ph.D., writing in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, say these populations include individuals in lower education
and / or socioeconomic
groups; from certain
racial /
ethnic groups; in the lesbian, gay, bisexual,
and transgender community; with mental illness;
and in the military, particularly
among those in the lowest pay grades.
Even our own research across a diverse
group of young breast cancer survivors has shown that blacks
and Hispanics have much lower testing rates, which may be the result of lower awareness
and access to genetic testing
among racial and ethnic minorities,» she said.
«In addition, more research is needed to understand the differences in experiences
among different
racial and ethnic groups within the same hospice,» she added.
The risk was higher
among blacks than
among people of other
racial and ethnic groups, according to the study.
According to national surveys, African Americans tend to have the lowest intakes of fruits
and vegetables
among ethnic and racial groups (USDA, 2004; HHS, 2004).
Since the Common Core standards have never been field - tested, no one knows whether they will raise test scores or cause the achievement gap
among different
racial,
ethnic,
and income
groups to narrow or to widen.
Declines of approximately equal magnitude were registered
among students in all four of the state's major
racial /
ethnic groups — Hispanic, white, Asian,
and African - American.
and, Do gaps in these conditions
among racial /
ethnic and income
groups mirror the gaps we see in achievement?
Despite some significant academic gains over the years, serious achievement gaps persist
among many of our students, particularly those from several
racial and ethnic groups.
Among racial /
ethnic groups, Asians (88 %), Latinos (77 %),
and blacks (71 %) are more likely than whites (57 %) to favor the new standards.
«They have widest achievement disparities
among different
groups, including
racial ethnic groups and economic
groups.»
Three states — in addition to the law's assessment requirements — use another cut of test score data such as improvement
among subgroups of students, including those from low - income families, students from major
racial and ethnic groups, students with disabilities,
and English language learners.
«It's more of the same: It's good that the long - term improvement trend is being shared
among different economic
groups and racial -
ethnic groups, but we're not seeing closing in gaps,» said Kevin Carey, policy director of the D.C. - based think tank Education Sector.
Despite these gains, the rate of progress has varied
among these
racial /
ethnic groups and differences by race / ethnicity persist in terms of increases in attainment
and progress on key indicators of educational performance.
She is especially interested in understanding these processes
among adolescents from
groups that have been historically stigmatized in school settings, such as
racial and ethnic minority adolescents.
* Why does ESEA / ESSA require schools to differentiate their planning, data analysis,
and accountability provisions
among different
racial and ethnic groups... but NOT across the thirteen different disabilities included in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?
And it could celebrate other groups who were victims of ethnic and religious persecution in their own countries but who came to Canada for a better life and made Canada a better country: among them the Jews who fled the Nazis in Europe and the Ismailis and ethnic Indians who came to Canada to flee racial persecution in Kenya, Uganda, and other east African natio
And it could celebrate other
groups who were victims of
ethnic and religious persecution in their own countries but who came to Canada for a better life and made Canada a better country: among them the Jews who fled the Nazis in Europe and the Ismailis and ethnic Indians who came to Canada to flee racial persecution in Kenya, Uganda, and other east African natio
and religious persecution in their own countries but who came to Canada for a better life
and made Canada a better country: among them the Jews who fled the Nazis in Europe and the Ismailis and ethnic Indians who came to Canada to flee racial persecution in Kenya, Uganda, and other east African natio
and made Canada a better country:
among them the Jews who fled the Nazis in Europe
and the Ismailis and ethnic Indians who came to Canada to flee racial persecution in Kenya, Uganda, and other east African natio
and the Ismailis
and ethnic Indians who came to Canada to flee racial persecution in Kenya, Uganda, and other east African natio
and ethnic Indians who came to Canada to flee
racial persecution in Kenya, Uganda,
and other east African natio
and other east African nations.
The periodic reporting process can therefore assist in the fulfilment of Article 7 of ICERD to promote understanding, tolerance
and friendship
among racial or
ethnic groups, as well as to promote the purposes
and principles of the Convention
among society.
Studies of students in
racial /
ethnic minority
groups suggest that parental expectations also appear to be related to academic self - efficacy
among African American
and Latino students.
The HOPE Awards was an early program the organizations jointly established to promote increasing homeownership
among different
racial and ethnic groups.