Rhode Island: Large
Disparities by Race and Ethnicity; Lowest Score for Latino Children in Nation??
In addition to presenting data on
disparities by race and ethnicity, the report also focuses on the needs of children from immigrant families.
This year's Race for Results provides detailed data on
disparities by race and ethnicity that must be closed in order to improve outcomes for all children and also includes recommendations to policymakers on addressing the specific barriers immigrant children and children of immigrants face.
Disparities by race in heat - related mortality in four US cities: The role of air conditioning prevalence
O'Neill, M. S., A. Zanobetti, and J. Schwartz, 2005:
Disparities by race in heat - related mortality in four US cities: The role of air conditioning prevalence.
The studies, undertaken at the request of the Oregon Leadership Network Research Alliance and the Maryland State Department of Education, respectively, examined exclusionary discipline practices (i.e., suspension and expulsion) and whether there are
disparities by race, grade level, or special education status.
These numbers — which illustrate sharp educational
disparities by race and income and the closing of the doors of educational opportunity for millions of youngsters — should be cause for alarm.
Pursuant to the new ESSA requirements, states should select school climate as the required additional indicator for their statewide accountability systems, and also include a review of discipline
disparities by race, disability, gender, as one of the ways school climate is evaluated.
However, «we still have very large
disparities by race and gender,» said Elaine Allensworth, of the University of Chicago's Consortium on Chicago School Research.
Describing the school from a self - consciously progressive point of view, the authors toggle between accusations that the school's
disparities by race and class are delusory figments of distorted thinking, or that, although objectively real, they are the products of structural racism, class privilege, parental selfishness, and discrimination.
In other words, school discipline
disparities by race are a good indicator of racism in schools and systems.
• Between 1995 and 2009, there was
a disparity by race in college enrollment rates at the 468 most selective four - year colleges in the nation.
Not exact matches
The larger
disparity between white men's and women of color's earnings could be attributed to the fact that «women of color suffer both because of their gender and their
race,» according to an April 2016 report released
by the Senate Joint Economic Committee's Democratic Staff.
For all of the dynamism and strength of the US economy, it has come to be characterized most fundamentally
by enormous
disparities in wealth, income and opportunity that strongly correlate to
race, ethnicity and geography.
The problem is when this devolves into the claims that 1) homebirth in the US is an acceptable alternative to hospital birth and 2) the main reason for poor outcomes in hospitals is opposition to natural birth (and the inevitable c - section)-- all the while completely ignoring much more real problems such as the huge
disparity of outcomes
by race; the high prevalence of pre-existing health conditions in the general population; and access to healthcare.
The dialogue that ensued engaged the authors with a series of questions surrounding the book's central thesis: despite the real progress in racial equality achieved
by the 1960s civil rights legislation, the United States political institution has been caught in between two modes of conceptualizing, and enacting policy, about
race — both of which have failed to close the tremendous gap in racial
disparities in social and economic welfare that are a legacy of American history.
And that same commitment is the reason why one of my first acts as Prime Minister was to establish the ground - breaking racial
disparity audit - investigating how a person's
race affects their treatment
by public services, so that we can take action and respond.
Equally surprising is that the
disparity is driven not so much
by income or
race — long thought to be the greatest factors — but
by behaviors such as inactivity and metabolic conditions such as diabetes (set of three graphs).
«Other studies have looked at racial
disparities in treatment and still others have focused on racial differences in survival rates of cancer patients, but our research attempted to go further
by demonstrating the impact of
race - based inequalities in cancer treatment on survival rates of black colorectal cancer patients,» said James D. Murphy, MD, MS, assistant professor and chief of the Radiation Oncology Gastrointestinal Tumor Service at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center.
Very large
disparities in family economic security
by race and ethnicity persist.
As a
race - based educational achievement gap in American schools persists, a corresponding assortment of
race - based health
disparities follow proportionately, according to multiple studies cited
by Anderson.
The smaller sample was drawn from the Southwest Baltimore site of the Exploring Health
Disparities in Integrated Communities (EHDIC) study, an ongoing study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions of race disparities within communities where approximately equal numbers of both African Americans and non-Hispanic whites live and where median incomes a
Disparities in Integrated Communities (EHDIC) study, an ongoing study
by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health
Disparities Solutions of race disparities within communities where approximately equal numbers of both African Americans and non-Hispanic whites live and where median incomes a
Disparities Solutions of
race disparities within communities where approximately equal numbers of both African Americans and non-Hispanic whites live and where median incomes a
disparities within communities where approximately equal numbers of both African Americans and non-Hispanic whites live and where median incomes are similar.
Since 2003, the National Healthcare
Disparities Report has provided information on the quality of care by race and ethnicity, but this report has not assessed racial disparities in the quality of clinical care within health plans or health care delivery organ
Disparities Report has provided information on the quality of care
by race and ethnicity, but this report has not assessed racial
disparities in the quality of clinical care within health plans or health care delivery organ
disparities in the quality of clinical care within health plans or health care delivery organizations.12
Both
races saw an increase in the use of SLN over the course of the study, but the strong
disparity persisted throughout; the procedure was an «acceptable alternative» in 2002, but became the preferred method for appropriate patients
by 2007.
While the EEE program may be unique, other communities are also looking for ways to address
disparities in instruction and discipline tied to
race, driven
by a growing body of research.
In its letter, OCR announced that any
disparities in education resources related to
race or national origin, such as English language proficiency, could trigger an investigation
by the agency.
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Disparities in Student Discipline
by Race and Family Income.»
In other words, racial
disparities are not solely a function of differences in family income
by race.
They examined a million American inventors — people who have actually filed patents — and discovered «large
disparities...
by socioeconomic class,
race, and gender» although «differences in ability... explain very little of these
disparities.»
Every two years, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (a misnomer, as it turns out) reports the same
disparities in achievement
by race and ethnicity.
By contrast, researchers have devoted considerable attention to studying racial
disparities in educational opportunities and outcomes — and there is compelling evidence that when students have a teacher of the same
race, they tend to learn more at school (see «The Race Connection,» research, Spring 20
race, they tend to learn more at school (see «The
Race Connection,» research, Spring 20
Race Connection,» research, Spring 2004).
Thus, for example,
disparities in suspension rates
by race are seen as prima facie evidence of discrimination rather than symptoms of social ills that strike some groups in America harder than others.
Although an Office of Civil Rights complaint was rumored to be the reason for the shake up, sources say that it was instead an internal investigation prompted
by allegations of
race - based discipline
disparities that led to the changes.
In 2006, Gloria Ladson - Billings, a leading education advocate, addressed the achievement gap at the American Education Research Association
by arguing that the focus on the achievement gap is misguided because it shines the spotlight on education
disparities along the lines of
race and immigration but does not address the larger issues of institutional oppression (see From the Achievement Gap to the Education Debt: Understanding Achievement in U.S. Schools).
Given the documented
disparities of reading performance across groups of students, we also track indicators
by subgroup (e.g.
race, gender, etc.).
«You Can't Fix What You Don't Look At: Acknowledging
Race in Addressing Racial Discipline
Disparities,»
by Prudence Carter, Russell Skiba, Mariella Arredondo, and Mica Pollock, is the fifth in a series of briefing papers published
by the Discipline
Disparities Research - to - Practice Collaborative.
Societal issues can begin to impact students both in and out of the classroom, causing a
disparity in academic performance between groups of students, especially groups defined
by socioeconomic status,
race / ethnicity, and gender.
provides a state -
by - state estimate of lost instruction due to discipline for black and white students with disabilities finds dramatic
disparities in suspensions
by race.
NAEP does not disaggregate data within
race or income categories
by other factors; but the socio - economic data suggests that within the
race gaps, there are likely additional
disparities based on income.
Disparities in the use of school discipline
by race, gender, and...
Morrissey concludes that savings and retirement income for successive generations of Americans are increasingly inadequate, and that
disparities by income,
race, ethnicity, education, and marital status are also growing.
They include an externally led review of school exclusions, originally announced
by the Prime Minister in response to the
Race Disparity Audit, which will look at why some children are more likely to be excluded than others.
The opportunity gap, also known as the education achievement gap is the
disparity in academic success between groups of students — groups
by race, student ability, family income, etc..
We know from our Kids Count in Nebraska 2014 Report that the opportunity gap is wide, as evidenced
by disparities in each of these indicators based on
race and ethnicity and family income.
Although states vary in their children's racial and ethnic make - up, all states are becoming more diverse and all states have
disparities in well - being across the different measures used
by Race for Results to contrast well - being among children of different backgrounds.
Similarly, while Alabama often scores well below the national average on the overall Kids Count rankings and has a higher rate of overall poverty, its rankings rise when examined
by different
races and ethnicities — and the
disparities (differences in overall scores for white non-Hispanic children and African - American non-Hispanic children or Hispanic children) are much smaller than many northern states.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation's 2017
Race for Results: Building a Path to Opportunity for All Children report addresses the well - being of children of color and children from immigrant families.The data show racial and ethnic
disparities between children
by measuring 12 indicators and produce an index score to show varying......
Testing for
disparities by demographic factors like
race and income can suggest a need for policies aimed at reaching out to underserved subpopulations.
The wealth gap is about twice the shortfall that existed before the recession and the biggest
disparity since 1984, when the Census Bureau began publishing wealth estimates
by race and ethnicity.