Sentences with phrase «children of color often»

As a result of these policies, children of color often suffer the most.

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Studies also show that the emotional costs borne by children of color being raised by white parents - which often occurs with international adoptions - are less dire than critics believe.

It is not the will of God that children suffer from hunger and malnutrition and grow up in unsanitary slums with lack of proper education, that persons because of the color of their skin are debarred from schools, hospitals, employment, or housing projects; that persons are denied other basic human rights; that personalities and homes are broken through drink and that great numbers die on highways through drunken driving; that marriage vows are often taken lightly and that easy divorces shatter home after home and leave children the pawns of the parents» selfishness.

One is often astounded to see how quite young children will respond to beauty of word and sound and sight, of color and music.

And as many parents of Black children will tell you, their greatest fear is that it will be their sons or daughters next, so much so that they often give their kids «The Talk,» warning them that they will be treated differently by police because of the color of their skin.

These days, child slings are offered in many different design patterns, colors, and styles, some of which have been designed for special purpose functions or to meet several often competing requirements.

Before the establishment of survivors» benefits, needy widowed mothers with children had to rely on state - run Mother's Pension programs.56 These programs scrutinized beneficiaries closely and were often administered to deny aid to women of color or women with objectionable morals or lifestyles.57 In contrast to discretionary (and often discriminatory) mother's pensions, survivors» benefits uniformly extended coverage to widows of insured workers who were caring for a child under the age of 18.58 There was no requirement of economic need.

Low - income women of color who have children with more than one man often became the focus of these studies.

While many of us are still getting used to the new features, the familiar logo and cobalt blue coloring are comforting to us, and we feel like we understand what's happening on the screen in front of us, even if the video switches often to Ugandan children and rebel troops.

He said the state has «condemned» 250,000 children — often poor and of color — to failing schools, and proposed a model for turning those schools around by handing them over to nonprofits or turnaround experts to create «community schools.»

Charter school supporters, like Loeb and the Post editorial board, often argue that Democrats who oppose charter schools (and are allied with teachers unions) are doing so to the detriment of students, especially children of color, who are more likely to attend subpar district schools.

Years of research has found high - quality preschool programs to be especially beneficial to children of low - income families, children with disabilities, and children of color, since all often face learning gaps when entering kindergarten.

«I was impressed with what Stephon's brother Stevante said that how proud he was of Sacramento, of his city, how people turned out and made this case a national one and brought attention because I think too often, our elected leaders, they will talk about things when it's a lot of children in a school, but when it's young black men of color who are being shot by the police unarmed... I think if we're gonna say black lives matter, we have to mean it, and we have to implement change,» she continued.

Gifted education programs have long been subject to criticism that their selection criteria, which often rely on IQ testing and other measures of cognitive ability, are biased against students of color and poor children.

Children's lunches and school events often feature food items that contain rice, HFCS or high sugar content, artificial color and flavorings, additives, maltodextrin and other sources of toxins.

At the same time, he argues that high standards and accountability are no longer enough to address the issues some of our students — too often, students of color and children from low - income families — bring with them to the classroom.»

The term «acting white» is often used against children of color who either still struggle with their self - concept or have taken on characteristics in their personalities that may not seem original to their ethnic background.

More generally, I would say that our single biggest national sin of omission is our continued failure to provide our most vulnerable children, often poor and students of color, truly equal educational opportunities.

School leaders must reconsider their priorities and their responsibilities when it comes to vulnerable children of color, and they must make every effort to meet the needs of this often - neglected student population.

Our teacher members work in districts where people of color represent the majority and the children they teach are too often forgotten about in the creation of public policy, particularly in education decisions.

Too often, those students are children of color who live near or below the poverty line.

I probably cover Lakewood's morally and fiscally bankrupt schools too often, but this Ocean County school district that enrolls almost entirely Latino and Black low - income students pushes all my education reform buttons: tyranny of the majority (in this case the ultra-Orthodox residents who control the municipal government and the school board); lack of accountability; lack of school choice for poor kids of color but anything goes (at public expense) for children of the ruling class; discrimination against minority special education students.

Education «reformers» often proclaim they are carrying on the tradition of great civil rights leaders, employing the rhetoric of that movement while in reality pushing measures that exacerbate inequality and impact most harshly on children and communities of color - like school closures, privatization, and over-testing.

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

The education policies of Chicago's leaders force its poor children and children of color to attend under - resourced schools, often at a great distance from their neighborhoods, on a pretext of under - enrollment and poor performance.

Phrases like «these children» and «inner city» are often code for talking about students of color.

Unless the learning environment is one where all children are expected to perform at a high level, the lesson that white children and children of color learn is too often a reinforcement of racial hierarchies and ideology about assumed inferiority and superiority.

Often, costly new capital projects are near under - enrolled schools serving children of color.

Charters are the prime example of how school «choice» undermines constitutional notions of equality, as they often increase segregation, fail to serve English Language Learners, students with disabilities and other vulnerable children, and impose disproportionately harsh discipline on children of color.

Students who are on the low end of the achievement gap — usually children of color and often also of poverty — have been getting messages about their «ability» all their lives and have experienced being behind academically so long that they have internalized these messages.

These schools are often «colonialist» in their approach to poor children of color, and they make clear that their prime concern is to make these children attractive to buyers in a labor market.

In this series, «body prints» or photograms of life size figures, often children, are combined with elements from nature to create both color and monochromatic works.

From a reservoir of largely vintage ephemera, Letscher creates a dense pictorial space in which words, images, colors and shapes tell a story about the world we imagined for ourselves as children and the often - painful real world we experience as adults.

Set on intricate backgrounds of fabric collage and pastel - colored acrylic paint, Baechler often furnishes his objects with a white halo that gives them a child - like cutout quality and makes them seem to float off the canvas.

Those least responsible 4 causing #climatechange, often most impacted; children, poor, people of color #crinflorida @EarthGuardianz

If you are contemplating filing for divorce or you have already been served with a divorce complaint, you probably have legitimate concerns about whether the emotions that often accompany a marital breakup, such as anger, frustration, anxiety and bitterness, will color your judgment, impact your behavior and result in unintended consequences on your future and that of your children.

As noted previously, the detergent pods often show swirls of bright colors, like blue and orange, and such designs can be appealing to young children who don't know any better.

Ask your pediatrician to see your baby the day you call, if your baby - Is very yellow or orange (skin color changes start from the head and spread to the toes)- Is hard to wake up or will not sleep at all - Is not breastfeeding or sucking from a bottle well - Is very fussy - Does not have at least 4 wet or dirty diapers in 24 hours» [Continue Article] Children who develop Kernicterus are often victims of medical maplractice.

In regard to ASFA, many child welfare practitioners in this study suggested that children of color experienced permanency more often and more expeditiously as a result of this policy.

Living in a predominantly white community means that my child is not often exposed to children or families of color, thus I spend time thinking about diversity as it is represented in other sources of «input,» like books and media.

Just 10 percent of child care programs are considered high - quality.21 Participation in early childhood programs is largely dependent on parents» ability to pay, and as a result, the low - income children and children of color who would benefit the most are too often unable to access it.

Your gift helps us close the opportunity gap that affects far too many children in low - income families and children of color — a gap that starts before a child's first birthday and all too often persists through to adulthood.

While challenging behaviors are often cited as the primary reasons young children are suspended and / or expelled from preschool environments, challenging behaviors alone do not explain the disproportionate rates of preschool children of color — in particular black children — that are pushed out.