Sentences with phrase «between african»

A model with all the structural parameters (direct and indirect effects) constrained to be equal (between the African American and European American groups) was compared to one with all these parameters freely estimated.

Disparity in glycemic control and adherence between African - American and Caucasian youths with diabetes: Family and community contexts

While differences in maternal mental health may not be enough to explain the gap in birth outcomes between African American women and non-Hispanic white women, they should not be ignored.

When differences in educational backgrounds, years of experience, and employment characteristics are taken into account, the wage gap between African American and white female, full - time teachers is reduced to roughly 93 cents on the dollar.

The most commonly reported reasons, however, were related to factors in the larger society including disparities in income, opportunities, resources and services between African - American and Caucasian groups, that result in more poverty, isolation, and risk factors for problem behavior, including substance use and child abuse, in African - American communities.

Through the use of dimensions of students» mathematics identity development and teachers» socialization practices as analytic frames, we present an analysis of aspects of the two teachers» perspectives on teaching mathematics and classroom practices and discuss considerations when approaching conducting research on interactions between African American mathematics teachers and their African American students.

Japan African - American Friendship Association (City, Japan) 1995 — 2007 President • Organize cultural, educational, and business relationships between African Americans and Japanese citizens • Facilitate interpersonal interactions resulting in enhance respect and appreciation of varied cultures • Coordinate special events including seminars, dinners, and community service initiatives • Responsible for daily operations, finances, etc. in a non-profit setting

After receiving 118 applications, the partners have now chosen 14 startups from across Africa to take part in the tour, where they will pitch to investors, explore international opportunities, learn about frontier technology markets, and bridge the divide between the African and European tech ecosystems.

It also remains to be seen whether the centre will succeed in its stated aim of centralising all arbitral disputes between African and Chinese entities.

Firstly, the panel identified a marked increase in arbitration between African parties.

Covington and LEX Africa launched the program in 2015 in an effort to foster links between the African and international legal communities.

There have been similar success rates between African Penguins without sweaters and Little Penguins with sweaters: more than 90 percent are released back into the wild.

(The Times has launched a series on the connection between African poaching and insurgent groups on that continent.)

I'd like to spend part of this year finding and drawing attention to people who are the Douglas Martin equivalents trying to develop ways to bring illumination and cleaner, cheap sources of cooking energy to the billions who lack these core assets; devising scaleable means of providing potable water and sanitation (not easy) in poor places; closing the huge «yield gap» between African farmers and their * counterparts in many other regions; boosting environmental literacy and engagement with science...

The combination testifies to Jones» conception of abstraction as a language that can encompass cultural, political and historical ideas and can work toward spanning the critical gulf between African American and dominant modernisms.

His sculptural installations and paintings attempt to bridge the generational gaps between his African ancestry, its diasporic history, and the influences of American identity.

Christie was heavily influenced by the pas de deux between African - American dancer Arthur Mitchell and white ballerina Diana Adams, whose performance was banned from being televised in the United States until 1965.

This separation between African artists who have either lived or travelled to European countries throughout their working lives and the bitter past history of this vast continent is what renders the artistic production of both older and younger artists absolutely crucial to the social dynamics of the contemporary age as an overwhelming sense of wisdom emanates from even the youngest artists included in the fair.

A typed statement in Lewis's archive reveals his clear understanding of the severe distinctions between African sculpture and the Greco - Roman model of naturalism that had previously informed his work and teaching.

Art and Black Los Angeles 1960 — 1980, this full - day symposium explores the relationship and parallels between the African American artistic communities in Los Angeles and New York through examining the social and cultural atmosphere of the 1970s in both cities, the significance of the Just Above Midtown artist space to the New York community, and the influences these artists have on their contemporaries.

Re-Imagining October originates from two very distinct starting points: firstly, Derek Jarman's film October, a work that both evokes the homophillic world of the Soviet military while alluding to the homosexuality of the groundbreaking Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein, after whose seminal 1927 work October Jarman's film is named; and secondly, Abderrahmane Sissako's 1993 Octobre, a film that explores the social context surrounding an inter-racial relationship between an African student and his Russian girlfriend.

They offer insight to the long, complex relationship between African American painting and the history of Western art.

Crowninshield saw a close kinship between African art and Mexican indigenous art, which contributed to his enthusiasm for Tamayo's work and led him to write the catalogue text for a solo show that Tamayo had at the Art Center in New York in 1928.

In Black is Brown and Brown is Beautiful, Nery revisits territory from his youth — investigating social tensions between the African - American and Latino communities in his native LA.

Dindga McCannon's striking mixed media painting Revolutionary Sister (1971) is one such example, featuring a figure who resembles a cross between an African warrior and a comic - book superhero.

The young African immigrant must locate herself along three divides: the first between blackness and whiteness; the second within blackness, between native and foreign; the third between African and American.

Fred Wilson: Afro Kismet @ Pace London Historical works are brought together in this museum-esque exhibition that brings together linkages between African and Ottoman societies, a link we rarely ever hear about.

Lusenhop presented an exhibition called, «New Deal to New Power,» which examined connections between African American WPA artists and artists working during the Black Art Movement.

They also explore the artist's relationship between his African heritage and popular American cultures: from vaudeville to jazz and the blues.

The center is a place of exchange between African dancers and dancers from all over the world.

Collecting was not merely about acquiring items for private holdings but also establishing a connection between African Americans and their African past, enabling families and communities to pass on traditions.

For the last eight years, Lemus's practice has explored divisions between African - American and Latino cultures, and the means by which identity is assigned in contemporary culture.

In the early 1990s, Lorna Simpson told the Chicago Tribune: «My work shifts between African - American experience and universal experience germane to women and to men.»

His experimental documentary, Joined by Divisions, investigates deeply entrenched schisms between African - American and Caucasian working - class communities.

Secret «Jurassic» Beach - This spectacular and private beach break is a hidden gem between the African palm and rice plantations.

COUNTRY ROLL No 39: Comoros Islands, paradise islands with a troubled history of coups and political instability, between the African coast and Magadascar!

On a tranquil and unique setting between both African savannah and pool - side, Spa & Beauty is an inviting respite of relaxing sanctuaries and alcoves complimented by a soothing ambiance to enhance your sensory experience.

At Gumtree on Gillies bed and breakfast, you choose between the African Elegance suite, a Moroccan Romance suite, Egyptian Seduction suite and an Australian Charm suite.

The savannah cat is a hybrid cross between an African serval and a domestic cat.

Chartering and Choice profiled several schools across the state that are successfully closing the prevalent achievement and opportunity gap between African American students and those of other races.

The biggest gaps in graduation rates in the district exist between African - American and white students, with 59 percent of black students graduating in four years compared to 90 percent of their white peers.

The largest achievement gap in elementary school reading exists between African - American and white students, with 18 percent of black third -, fourth -, and fifth - graders passing their reading MAP test in the last school year compared to 70 percent of their white peers.

By providing this intervention in 7th grade, when the trust gap emerged, the gap in discipline referrals between African - American students and their peers was halved.

At the same time, double - digit achievement gaps between African American and Latino / Hispanic students and their white counterparts have changed little in nearly two decades.

If we look at the state averages in math, the gap between African American students and White students is 36 % and for Hispanic and White students it is 33 %.

According to state data on the fourth grade math portion of the CMT in 2006, the gap in proficiency between African American students and their White counterparts was 32 %, and the gap between Hispanic and White students was 28 %.

In reading, the gap in proficiency was 34 % between African American and White students and 38 % between White and Hispanic students.

Uncommon also closed 56 percent of achievement gaps between its African - American students and the state's white students across the available comparisons, compared to the eligible CMO average of 12 percent.

How can we close the gap between African - American perceptions and student achievement?

The gap between African Americans and whites has narrowed over time.