Sentences with phrase «common in the white community»

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«There are black communities within majority [white] communities where women are developing leadership, where black women are building coalitions and finding common cause and are stepping up in their leadership, so I anticipate continued growth in that regard,» she continued.

In an interview after the debate, Kramer said the community could not move forward on the merger issue until they approached it on common ground, rather than as adversaries of white versus black, county versus city.

Common Cause NY has already warned against an effort to torpedo minority communities in order to save white incumbents.

The speakers, all with a sight line to the White House, sounded common themes in urging the scientific community to share science with the public and find ways to defend it.

The movie is based on Hillary Jordan's novel of the same name and follows the unlikely friendship of two World War Two veterans, one white and one black, as they return from war and find common ground as their families face difficulty in their local community, and the actress signed up for the film in the hope the director could turn the story into something «big and epic».

How to Raise More Grateful Children (Wall Street Journal) «In some communities, specifically among the white middle and upper - middle class, there's good reason to believe that kids are less grateful than in the past,» says psychologist Richard Weissbourd, faculty director of the Making Caring Common initiative at Harvard's Graduate School of EducatioIn some communities, specifically among the white middle and upper - middle class, there's good reason to believe that kids are less grateful than in the past,» says psychologist Richard Weissbourd, faculty director of the Making Caring Common initiative at Harvard's Graduate School of Educatioin the past,» says psychologist Richard Weissbourd, faculty director of the Making Caring Common initiative at Harvard's Graduate School of Education.

She asserts that white, liberal educators who value student - centered pedagogy and soft, conversant, negotiated power end up alienating and confusing children who are used to explicit instructions and assertive, strong authority figures, a parenting style more common in the black community.

In the specific context of hiring decisions, it is common for people who are middle class, White, and formally educated to make decisions about who will teacher lower - income Brown and Black children without the feedback, solicited or otherwise, of parents and children in that same communitIn the specific context of hiring decisions, it is common for people who are middle class, White, and formally educated to make decisions about who will teacher lower - income Brown and Black children without the feedback, solicited or otherwise, of parents and children in that same communitin that same community.

Though his ruling was about Connecticut, he spoke to a larger nationwide truth: After the decades of lawsuits about equity and adequacy in education financing, after federal efforts like No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, after fights over the Common Core standards and high - stakes testing and the tug of war between charter schools and community schools, the stubborn achievement gaps between rich and poor, minority and white students persist.

As Director, Ms. White modeled best - practices with managers in classroom observations and teacher coaching conversations, maintained key district and community relationships, and coached corps members to diagnose needs based on student progress, resulting in a cohort of first - year English teachers «significantly exceeding growth» on Common Core - aligned state assessments.

Looking through some old files of mine recently, I came across a white paper I wrote in the summer of 2007 entitled «Insights on Issues Facing Canadian Lawyers,» a 14 - page information piece designed to provide some clarity on common financial challenges faced by members of the legal community.