Sentences with phrase «as students of color»

Parents pushed for the ban, as «willful defiance» suspensions are disproportionately applied to at - risk students, such as students of color, english language learners, and students with disabilities (ACLU, 2015).

«Under the Board of Education's new accreditation system that goes into effect this fall, schools will be rated on whether groups of students — such as students of color and students in poverty — are meeting expectations or making progress, as well as on overall achievement and growth,» Constantino said.

Parents pushed for the ban, as «willful defiance» suspensions are disproportionately applied to at - risk students, such as students of color, english language learners, and students with disabilities

School discipline as it currently operates is discriminatory, as students of color and students with disability are especially vulnerable to suspension.

In 2015 - 16, 67 percent of charter school students identified as students of color, compared to 51 percent of district school students.

Our students and students» families desire greater opportunity for more rigorous academic experiences and are also under - represented in higher education: 97 % identify as students of color; more than 50 % speak a language other than English at home; and 71 % will be the first in their families to attend a four - year college.

As Youth United for Change (YUC) Executive Director and Organizer Andi Perez explains to the new recruits, they have a chance to get involved in a campaign to remedy the systemic inequalities in the Philadelphia public schools — inequalities that place them, as students of color in a rough area of the city, at a disadvantage.

Fourteen percent are international students and 31 percent identify as students of color.

In contrast, nonprofit and public graduate programs enroll twice as many white students as students of color.

Formerly known as the Students of Color Recruitment Program, the program began in 1991 when the HGSE Admissions Office aimed to attract diverse applicants who may not have considered HGSE as a graduate option.

Explain, «Your child is one of only two in our class that I perceive as students of color, and I can imagine that this content is going to impact her.»

Studies also show that these policies do little to improve school safety and disproportionately impact students with EBD (as well as students of color).

E4E - Minnesota member Anthony Hernandez speaks to his experience as a student of color, describes the roles his teachers played as mentors, and shares how he is...

A university professor and high school English teacher, Camangian was inspired to work in educational equity after feeling left out as a student of color in the public school system.

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Netflix description: «Students of color navigate the daily slights and slippery politics of life at an Ivy League college that's not nearly as «post-racial» as it thinks.»

As of now, Holberton claims that 40 % of its current students are women and more than half (53 %) are people of color.

In addition to civil rights for people of color, women and LGBT, there has been an expansion of religious liberty for minority sects, enforcement of viewpoint neutrality with respect to access to various public and non-public forums (e.g. religious student groups must be granted equal access to school facilities as their secular counterparts, etc) greater protections against age and disability discrimination, and recognition of habeas corpus rights even for enemy combatants.

And by the way, Cal ain't as liberal as folks like to think, especially if you're a student of color.

All that said, when it comes to Michigan vs Wisconsin, I'll always be rooting for the Maize and Blue, as evidenced by numerous forays into the halls of the Kohl Center and the UW Fieldhouse, and even the drunken student infested sections of Camp Randall stadium wearing the enemy colors.

Waldorf School of Princeton welcomes students and employees of any color; race; sexual orientation; ethnic, national, cultural, social, or religious backgrounds; and any other characteristic protected by law in its admissions and employment practices, as well as in participation in its programs and events.

Students of color are the largest demographic served by the National School Lunch Program, yet as we gear up for the fight over healthier school meal standards in Congress this fall, the voices of these critical stakeholders can easily be drowned out... [Continue reading]

She also organizes a series of nutrition education programs for students, called «Color Me,» where district principals, teachers, the superintendent and students dress up as characters and perform skits about nutrition and healthy food choices.

Students of color are the largest demographic served by the National School Lunch Program, yet as we gear up for the fight over healthier school meal standards in Congress this fall, the voices of these critical stakeholders can easily be drowned out by politicians, lobbyists and the School Nutrition Association.

As I explained in that post, students of color are the largest demographic served by the National School Lunch Program, yet their voices often go unheard in Congressional debates about how the program is funded or should operate.

Using a simple, color - coded system, Monica and her project partners have helped students learn the information they need to identify foods and assess the proper number of servings, as well as learn about portion sizes for foods.

As The Education Trust — New York revealed in its report, See Our Truth, Latino and Black students represent 43 percent of New York State's K - 12 enrollment yet only 16 percent of the state's teachers — leaving significant numbers of students of all races and ethnicities without access to educators of color.

Also at noon, Urban Youth Collaborative, Desis Rising Up and Moving, The Point, Girls for Gender Equity, and Rockaway Youth Task Force are joined by NYC Councilman Antonio Reynoso to protest what they describe as «the unrelenting over-policing of students of color in New York City,» City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Some board members cited the large number of students of color in the city school district and the impact the comments will have on them, as well as the poor example they set.

Advocates have long argued that the discipline code disproportionally affects students of color and those who speak English as a Second Language.

By shining a light on school - level funding inequities before the school year begins, the final budget can serve as an important new protection for students of color, low - income students, and other historically under - served groups of students across the state.

At 6 p.m. Tuesday, the Brennan Center for Justice will hold a book talk with MSNBC's Zachary Roth on the quieting of voices of people of color, students, and other disadvantaged groups through means such as gerrymandering and Supreme Court Decisions.

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What this approach ignores, to be frank, is that most victims of crime in New York City belong to Mark - Viverito's «communities of color» — just as black and Hispanic students suffer most from disruptions in the city's 70 % - plus black and Hispanic public - school system.

As MiSciNet editor, I hope to continue to point students of color in science and engineering in the right direction.

«He's known for out - there ideas,» says current graduate student Moiya McTier, who first worked with Kipping as an undergrad student in the Banneker Institute at Harvard, a program to prepare students of color for careers in astronomy.

Its activities include assisting undergraduates with the graduate admissions process, mentoring local high school students, connecting black graduate students with faculty of color, as well as several social activities, including bowling, barbeques, and an annual formal with alumni.

The protests peaked on 14 November when L'Onda (The Wave), the Italian student group that instigated the protests and now gives its name to the movement against the new laws, «invaded the city of Rome with colors and singing,» as Ravaglia, who took part in the march, puts it.

MacLachlan worried that parents of prospective students could interpret the new structure as evidence that Berkeley does not welcome students of color, she said, and that their concerns could undermine the goal of increasing enrollment.

Researchers from Royal Holloway, University of London, led by PhD student Leslie van der Leer, assigned participants a computer task in which they observed the color of a black or white fish caught from one of two lakes and were then asked to choose to see further fish or decide on one of the lakes as the source of that sequence of fish.

Channel the personality of the fox, as well as the student - like actions he inspires in the Little Prince, via classic schoolyard basics and rust colors.

Like I said, I love your movies, and I truly hope that you continue to do more great and hilarious works of arts, comedy, and action, but, as a black movie buff and a film studies student, PLEASE INCLUDE MORE PEOPLE OF COLOR IN YOUR FUTURE FILMof arts, comedy, and action, but, as a black movie buff and a film studies student, PLEASE INCLUDE MORE PEOPLE OF COLOR IN YOUR FUTURE FILMOF COLOR IN YOUR FUTURE FILMS.

«I wonder if your insides are the same color as mine,» he questions the only male student of color in his high school.

Charlize Theron, meanwhile, presented Allen Daviau — an Oscar nominee for films like E.T., The Color Purple, The Empire of the Sun and Bugsy — with the Lifetime Achievement Award, while the ASC John Alonzo Heritage Award — named in honor of the cinematographer of such classics as Harold and Maude, Norma Rae and Scarface — was presented to a pair of student filmmakers, Brian Melton from the North Carolina School of the Arts and Lyle Vincent from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

Even more obvious are the moments of specific color, as Firth's George and one of his students (Nicholas Hoult) discuss how blue is representative of the spiritual and red can be rage or passion or lots of other things.

In 2003, she became the founding co-principal of June Jordan School for Equity (JJSE), an innovative national model identified by scholar Linda Darling - Hammond as having «beaten the odds in supporting the success of low - income students of color.»

The truth is that, after decades of progress in closing the outcome gaps between white students and students of color, the disparities are just as profound today as they were in the 1950's when the landmark case of Brown vs. Board of Education was decided.

Furthermore, schools of white segregation — as well as those that concentrate students of color — do not provide the educational opportunities for students to learn to challenge stereotypes and live and work in a diverse society.

But at age 26, as a white teacher learning to become an ally and advocate for students of color, I lacked the language to argue my position.

The «cultural understanding» theory also supports the idea that students of color assigned to diverse teachers might be more likely to feel cared for and happy in class as a result of feeling understood by a culturally sensitive teacher.

As the country's K - 12 student population grows more ethnically diverse, students of color face the troubling possibility of never having a teacher who looks like them.