Sentences with phrase «color in a leadership role»

By aligning himself and cronies with the Senate Republicans, Klein takes away the proper representation of people of color in leadership roles.

She is a pioneer and a role model, and I particularly admire her as a woman of color in a leadership role in education.

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But then again, it wasn't until the 1970s (I think) that AfricanAmericans and / or people of color were permitted to hold offical leadership roles in the LDS church.

Cappelli, 59, said he was concerned that the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), Ms. Savino's breakaway group which shares power with the GOP in the Senate, was preventing other women and people of color from serving in leadership roles in the Senate.

Ms. Mark - Viverito is launching the initiative along with her colleagues in the City Council — and Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras - Copeland, the Council's finance chair, pointed to the leadership roles women of color are playing in the legislative body.

Students of National Board Certified Teachers learn up to two months more than their peers, with an even greater impact for students of color and low - income children.54 A career continuum supported by a system of meaningful professional learning would put teaching more on par with other modernized professions such as medicine, engineering, and architecture.55 Such a continuum should support every teacher to aim for accomplished practice from the start of their career, to work in school - based teams to demonstrate and improve their knowledge and skills, and to expand their impact as accomplished teachers through a variety of leadership roles, which would allow them to continue teaching students.

«While it's true that currently the students opting out are disproportionately white, to portray opting out as a white people thing is to make invisible the important leadership role that people of color have played around the country,» writes teacher and activist Jesse Hagopian in an article he wrote to push back against the perceived wisdom that high - stakes standardized testing will somehow right the wrongs done to generations of children.

The Mansfield Rule measures whether law firms have affirmatively considered women lawyers and attorneys of color — at least 30 % of the candidate pool — for promotions, senior level hiring, and significant leadership roles in the firm.