Sentences with phrase «among students of color»

This evidence suggests that to raise student attainment, particularly among students of color, elevating teacher expectations, eliminating racial bias, and hiring a more diverse teaching force are worthy goals.

In fact, in many crucial aspects, charter schools are beginning to outperform traditional public schools, especially among our students of color.

In a time when graduation rates are showing notable improvement among students of color and students with disabilities, there are still great challenges that remain.

In other words, teachers may perceive high ability as a natural characteristic of white students, while they may fail to recognize high ability among students of color.

Students across our state are making significant gains in academic performance, and we are seeing real progress closing the achievement gap among students of color.

As educators, what role can we play in cultivating excitement for our profession among students of color?

Another challenge is that college completion rates among students of color are lower, including those in education programs.

With state funding increases to schools over the past two years coinciding with marked increases in student achievement among students of color in such high - needs cities as Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester and New York City, Geri Palast of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity argued that «without sustained investment, further progress is impossible.»

Interestingly, the researchers found mixed evidence of race matching among students of color: Latino students did not have particularly favorable perceptions of Latino teachers, but Black students did have positive perceptions of Black teachers — and Asian American students preferred Black teachers even more than did Black students.

AOCC will reframe the conversation by taking an issue like the achievement gap, which traditionally focuses on the deficit among students of color, and shifting the focus to circumstances that create the gap and what these students are already doing that is working, Catone says.

When considering the trends in college degree attainment among students of color, there appears to be a tale of two genders, and something must be done about it.

Equity and the struggle to end voter disenfranchisement among our students of color and low income populations demands that ALL students receive the same civics education — that was the goal of Civics for All.

For example, there is significant evidence demonstrating that both lowering the rate of expulsion among students of color and establishing a culture of high expectations signaling that all children can and should excel often lead to higher student achievement and graduation rates.19

Though we maintain that CRP is necessary for closing the achievement gap and facilitating educational parity among students of color and their white counterparts, we foresee several challenges to our proposed reforms.

It shows that, though many of the actions required by the No Child Left Behind Act resulted in more students actually going to school, they have ended up in reducing the development of Social Emotional Learning skills that are required for long - term student success, particularly among students of color and those who face other challenges.

Minnesota Alliance With Youth: GradMinnesota The high school graduation rate in Minnesota improved last year to 81 percent, with steady gains in struggling metropolitan districts and significant improvement among students of color.

The risk of confirming negative stereotypes about one's social group, known as stereotype threat, depresses academic achievement among students of color and contributes to racial gaps in achievement.

Critics worry that the policy undermines school leaders and compromises school safety, while proponents consider it a long - overdue reset on discriminatory practices that hamper achievement among students of color.

WUWM recently spoke with Means about his theories for raising academic achievement among students of color.