Sentences with phrase «by civil»

Furthermore, as our new report shows, there is a complete absence of a compulsory and organised curriculum of peace education within UK schools, despite some good work being done by civil society providers.

The decision was strongly condemned by civil rights groups, who said that it would harm already highly vulnerable students, but it was applauded by conservatives, who said the guidelines violated the safety and privacy of all other students.

A new report published in February 2015 by the Civil Rights Project UCLA documents «gross disparities in the use of out - of - school suspension experienced by students with disabilities» and other subgroups.

One area of concern that was raised by civil rights groups, as well as other critics of the temporary regulations, last week had to do with district - wide spending and complaints that the new regulations provided a loophole that could allow districts to use money intended for disadvantaged students on those who are not.

In 2010, nearly three out of four black students and four out of five Latino students in the United States attended schools made up mostly of minority students, according to a report published last year by the Civil Rights Project at the University of California, Los Angeles.

The Coleman Report, mandated by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, was commissioned to shine a light on unequal educational opportunity across the country, and to expose differences between schools attended by black and white students, particularly in the South.

The letter is one of a collection of handwritten letters penned by Civil War soldiers that chronicle their experiences in battle and the hardships they faced from 1861 through 1865.

But they know not to talk about substantive education issues that affect these children like the one reported by the Civil Rights Project: «Based on evidence from several important measures of segregation, the Civil Rights Project stands by its strong contention that re-segregation has occurred, and that African - American and Latino students are experiencing more isolation in schools than they were a generation ago — and further, that this segregation is deeply linked to unequal educational opportunities.»

A study by the Civil Rights Project at UCLA found that one out of every four black K - 12 students with disabilities was suspended out of school at least one time in 2009 - 10.

The state has two schools — Suitland High in Prince George's and Milford Mill — that are considered «apartheid» schools by the Civil Rights Project because they have a white population of less than 1 percent.

Charter proponents ignored the argument put forth by civil rights groups that, as an Education Week reporter put it, expanding charters means «black families and communities are losing control of their public schools.»

Student - on - student bullying may also trigger a school district's responsibilities under the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits discrimination in public schools based on many of the same characteristics protected by the civil rights laws.

According to a 2010 study by the Civil Rights Project, for example, almost half of low - income students in charter schools attended schools where more than 75 percent of students were low income, compared with about a third of low - income students in traditional public schools.

Protect civil rights as the foundation of a viable healthy democracy, framed in the Declaration of Independence, guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution and codified by civil rights legislation.

However, related concerns have also been raised by civil rights groups such as the Education Trust.

Information about such patterns is lost in the blunt, school - level measure of absence embraced by the Civil Rights Data Collection survey, but that does not preclude these data from bringing light to a dark corner of education policy and practice.

UTLA Delivers No - Confidence Vote to LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy LAUSD's teachers union issued an overwhelming vote of no - confidence Thursday in the leadership of Superintendent John Deasy as he finishes his second year, while a rival survey released by civil rights groups showed strong support for his reform strategies and called for an even more aggressive...

Public school choice is a right that must not be compromised, especially by a civil rights organization whose stated mission is to ensure «political, educational, social, and economic equality.»

Their (not so) subtle insinuation that support for testing by civil rights groups was somehow akin to wanting to keep Rosa Parks on the back of the bus is also grating.

It isn't as if Duncan can't make this happen; in September, Virginia ended up revising its proficiency targets after the Obama administration was sufficiently embarrassed by civil rights activists and reformers over its earlier approval.

That kind of sorting — different goals for different groups of students — has been attacked in recent days by some civil rights leaders in the state.

The Civil Rights Learning Journey is a bus tour running from Jackson, Mississippi to Birmingham, Alabama, led by a Civil Rights leader, Roscoe Jones Sr..

But my greater concern is with the complaints against charter schools raised by civil rights advocates.

The report, issued by the Civil Rights Project, finds that more than 3 million school - age children are estimated to have lost instructional time in 2009 — 10 because they were suspended from school.

Wisconsin had the dubious record of having had the nation's highest suspension rates for Black students, according to a 2014 study by the Civil Rights Project at the University of California / Los Angeles.

The eight - member School Teachers» Review Body (STRB), which recommends how much of a pay rise teachers should receive each year, has confirmed in an email to Oxford professor John Howson that it sent its latest report to the Department for Education on April 28, the day before the deadline set by civil servants.

Three Arizona parents, backed by civil liberties groups, are suing to block two new state voucher programs aimed at children with disabilities and those in foster care.

High expectations for students with unique needs An important case being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan 11, Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, is being supported by civil rights groups and school choice advocates alike.

The «big tent» of education reform spans the ideological spectrum, from civic leaders and business - backed advocates for higher standards and champions for charters and choice to the commitment of innovative educators and the relentless pursuit of equity by civil rights leaders and organizers.

Nationwide, the typical white student attends a school in which 72 percent of students are white and only 8 percent are black, according to a 2014 report by the Civil Rights Project at the University of California, Los Angeles.

On the other hand, the document is viewed by civil societies and refugees themselves as a basis of unfair discrimination.

Prof. Javier Collado Ruano was invited to attend Rio +20 after his proposal «THE VALUE OF GLOBAL EDUCATION AS AN ENGINE TO PROMOTE POVERTY ERADICATION AND TO ACHIEVE A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT» was the most voted by civil society around the world.

The report, Resegregation in American Schools, published by the Civil Rights Project, Harvard University, found that minorities tend to go to school with other minorities in impoverished neighborhoods and that white students go to schools that remain overwhelmingly white and middle class.

A move towards localization of essential production, consumption, and trade, and of health, education, and other services, is eminently possible if communities are sensitively assisted by civil society organizations and the government.

The polling results were released today to coincide with the national release of Diversity Challenged: Evidence on the Impact of Affirmative Action, a new book by the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University.

So it might be the case that the most promising approach to training is one that relies on the basics of conservatism: Concede our inability to perfectly foresee what's around the corner; avoid centralization; don't assume the government will have all of the answers; and rely on a vast array of small - scale, nimble, local solutions crafted by civil - society actors.

Ms. Lee co-authored, «A Multiracial Society with Segregated Schools: Are We Losing the Dream» (2003), and «Race in American Public Schools: Rapidly Resegregating School Districts» (2002), both published by the Civil Rights Project.

Instead of trying to use public policy to develop training programs for the workforce of the future, let's instead rest our hopes on a vast array of small - scale, nimble, local solutions crafted by civil - society actors.

As some individuals developed resistant to first line ART drugs, through consistent advocacy by civil society organisations and the PLHIV networks, second line ARTs centres were introduced.

Mande came to America from the Congo at age 16, a time in which her native country was plagued by civil war and invasions.

The Peoples» Sustainability Treaties (PST) were initiated by civil society organizations to develop collective agreements for sustainable futures beyond Rio +20 and a post 2015 agenda of the multilateral system.

The year was 1964, and Bob Dylan, inspired by the civil rights movement and the infusion of folk into popular music, put into words what the United States had been feeling for some time.

On average, fewer than half of the American Indian and Alaska Native students in 12 states graduate from high school, says a report released last month by the Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles of the University of California, Los Angeles.

The effort was initiative initiated by civil society led by the Earthsavers UNESCO DREAM Center and Sagot Kita Bayan with Climate Institute, the International Theatre Institute (ITI) and Clean Air Philippines.

Findings from a 1999 study on segregation, conducted by the Civil Rights Project, can be found on Harvard Graduate School of Education's website.

Even then, many hiccups occurred as public opinion wavered between the idealism of the civil rights years and the backlash instigated by civil unrest in major cities during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

The revelations about the military equipment provided through the agency's 1033 surplus equipment program have stoked concerns by civil rights groups that law enforcement is overreaching into school matters and contributing to a punitive atmosphere.

Together with the numerous partnerships established to further specific aspects of sustainable development, these commitments and those who made them have to be kept honest through scrutiny by civil society and the public at large.

After greatly increasing desegregation of public schools a generation ago, the United States public education system is now steadily consolidating a trend toward racial resegregation that began in the late 1980s, according to a new study by The Civil Rights Project and researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

The studies, commissioned by The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University, will be presented at a policy briefing in Washington, D.C. on January 7, 2000 cosponsored by the American Youth Policy Forum.