Sentences with phrase «economic inequities need»
New Jersey Ranks Second for Education Nationwide in 2016 KIDS COUNT Data Book While state sees progress in education and health, serious racial and economic inequities need to be addressed
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Our ultimate aim is to catalyze substantially greater impacts on the lives of young children whose needs are not addressed adequately by existing programs, with a strong emphasis on those who face the cumulative burdens of economic hardship, limited parent education, racial or ethnic discrimination, and other sources of structural inequity.
Although there is a need for leader - teachers who share the racial and economic backgrounds of their students, we believe that at - scale reform will take a concerted and sustained effort from an entire community of individuals — representing all ethnicities and background — committed to eliminating educational inequity.
In presenting this definition of equity, we recognize and acknowledge that significant disparities in educational opportunities and outcomes exist among students based on socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, gender, special needs, English language proficiency, sexual orientation, and geography, which result from a history of systemic, economic, political, and moral inequity.
Perhaps more importantly, policymakers need to begin to tackle the underlying regional inequities that exist; stop blaming educators and schools for larger societal inequities; and find ways to align educational policy with other policy areas, including housing, health, and economic development.
We need to use that approach to resolve other barriers to child well - being, such as the racial inequity across many indicators, particularly economic well - being.»
Consideration needs to be given to how benefits accruing to traditional owners out of economic development opportunities from native title will impact on the broader community they are part of, and how these benefits can work in a beneficial way rather than creating or increasing inequities between community members.