Sentences with phrase «economic school diversity»

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Rena Pacheco - Theard is CEO and co-founder of Prepify (www.prepify.me), a startup offering free, online college guidance and SAT / ACT prep for high school students to increase economic diversity.

Speaking before the event the Archbishop said: «In the midst of these economic, social and political challenges, Church of England schools aim to provide an education that is deeply and authentically Christian, but also inclusive and embracing of diversity.

Founded in 1932, Miquon is a Progressive independent school that values racial, ethnic, economic, religious, gender, and social diversity.

Our financial aid and sibling discount programs support this goal, and the families participating in these programs have contributed significantly to the economic diversity of the school as well as to its spiritual and social growth.

Our program of tuition assistance supports this diversity by making the School more accessible to families of varying economic backgrounds.

With its strong commitment to cultural and economic diversity, the Cincinnati Waldorf School relies heavily on the success of its annual fundraising to achieve a balanced budget each year.

Waldorf schools are actively seeking ways to increase the economic and ethnic diversity of their student populations.

Director Dot Harris, Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the Department of Energy, will be on the line with Dr. Rebecca Spyke - Keiser, Associate Deputy Administrator for Strategy and Policy at NASA; Jill Fuss, Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Stephanie Stilson, Engineer at Kennedy Space Center and NASA Headquarters, and a class at Andrew Jackson Middle School in Titusville, Florida, to discuss ways to find role models for young people in STEM fields and answer questions from students and the general public about STEM careers.

Located in northern Connecticut, the Somers Elementary School serves 750 students in kindergarten through 5th grade in a community that is increasing in economic, ethnic, and cultural diversity.

SE: Evidence from a variety of fields — education, public health, and economics — supports attaining and maintaining diversity and avoiding racial and economic isolation in schools.

The school board majority that took office in Wake County last December is committed to moving the district toward neighborhood schools (and away from busing to achieve socio - economic diversity) despite a mass march that has been scheduled to take place tomorrow in downtown Raleigh to protest the policy.

San Francisco's groundbreaking economic - desegregation plan satisfies the short - term goals of the litigants — creating a student - assignment system that avoids racial quotas, passes constitutional muster, yet also maintains a degree of racial diversity in the schools, given the connection between racial and economic status.

Saying they support «diversity by choice,» members of a task force led by three local mayors are urging the Wake County, N.C., school district to abandon a student - assignment plan that aims for economic integration and adopt a neighborhood - schools approach instead.

On balance, however, she tends toward the view that no - excuses schools will turn out to have stronger impact on kids» life prospects than efforts at forced diversity via economic integration.

She compares and contrasts the «no excuses» model of charter schools with sundry «diversity» initiatives — mainly socio - economic mixing à la Rick Kahlenberg — and finds the former possibly more effective and definitely more politically viable.

For example, U.S. News reports the «economic diversity» of what it ranks as the top 25 national universities using the share of undergraduates at each school who received Pell Grants.

The data thus show that though most charter schools are small — and their numbers are relatively few — they serve the great racial and economic diversity of students that make up public education.

And with the increased social and economic diversity, schools are finding they can not get their educational work done without paying more attention to the welfare of their families and communities.

Most parents value racial / ethnic and economic diversity in schools - but they don't believe it's worth a longer commute to school.

Most parents say they value racial / ethnic and economic diversity in schools — but they're divided on its actual benefits, and interest wanes if it means a longer trip to school.

Nationally, the Century Foundation has identified 100 school districts and charter - school chains that voluntarily are pursuing diversity policies that consider student economic status in their student assignment plans.

Since economic segregation closely mirrors racial segregation, integrating schools by income will help create racial and ethnic diversity as well, and this form of diversity produces numerous benefits.

Education scholars like Kahlenberg, one of the nation's leading advocates for economic integration, note droves of research papers that cite the positive impacts of diversity in K - 12 schooling, including enhanced critical thinking, higher academic achievement, greater civic responsibility, higher college - going rates and more lucrative jobs.

In the U.S., where 87 % of white students attend a majority white school, many middle - class and affluent urbanites grapple with what Mike Petrilli calls the Diverse Schools Dilemma: Should I send my child to a local public school that offers racial, cultural, and economic diversity or to a more homogenous — but perhaps higher - performing — school?

Abstract: In this article the literature on the effects of school size is summarized to describe what is currently known about its relationship to economic efficiency, curricular diversity, academic achievement, and related variables.

Donald Trump will likely set back federal efforts for school integration, but the 100 school districts promoting economic diversity mostly created their plans on their own and school districts can continue to do so in the age of Trump.

In places like Cambridge, Massachusetts, which uses choice to achieve economic diversity in its schools, graduation rates for low - income, Black and Hispanic students are as much as 20 percentage points higher than for comparable groups in nearby Boston.

He talked with us about innovative ways schools of all kinds can increase economic diversity in their schools and why that's important for children in poverty.

His most recent book, co-authored with Halley Potter, «A Smarter Charter: Finding What Works for Charter Schools and Public Education,» examines two myth - busting strategies in a small but growing number of charter schools: promoting economic diversity in enrollment and amplifying teacherSchools and Public Education,» examines two myth - busting strategies in a small but growing number of charter schools: promoting economic diversity in enrollment and amplifying teacherschools: promoting economic diversity in enrollment and amplifying teacher voice.

The day after Trump was elected, the Charlotte School board voted 9 - 0 in support of a plan to move beyond «separate but equal» schooling and adopted an economic diversity program that is good for students, good for teachers and good for the community.

Integration Ambassadors: A Grassroots Organization of Parents and Educators in Greater Hartford, Connecticut, Keeps Racial and Economic Diversity in Schools and on Agendas by Susan Eaton (2013)

The high school special education teacher will work with general education teachers to co-teach... Ascend staff represent a wide diversity of racial, socio - economic, gender, religious, and national...

Responsibilities The high school Algebra teacher will teach clear and engaging lessons that follow... Ascend staff represent a wide diversity of racial, socio - economic, gender, religious, and national...

Bricolage is part of a new wave of charter schools looking to bake economic and racial diversity into their very DNA.

Grant notes that pushing for diversity in public schools is about more than closing achievement gaps: «The goal is to provide more opportunities for people to freely associate across racial, ethnic, and economic lines» (p. 184).

In it, we profile exciting charter schools in California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin that promote teacher voice or economic and racial diversity, or — in a few cases — do both.

Diversity is defined broadly, embracing race, color, gender, age, language, physical characteristics, disability, economic status, parental status, education, geographic origin, profession, lifestyle, religion, and position in the school hierarchy.

James Picton, the pastor of St. Madeleine Sophie wanted to create a school that was open to economic, ethnic, and academic diversity.

Two foundational tenets to these experimental schools, the authors maintain, were for teachers to have a stronger voice in determining the management of the school and for the student body to have higher degrees of economic and racial diversity than traditional public schools.

Magnet schools also strive to provide racial and socio - economic diversity.

Increasing racial, ethnic, linguistic, socio - economic, and gender diversity in the teacher workforce can have a positive effect for all students, but the impact is even more pronounced when students have a teacher who shares characteristics of their identity.20 For example, teachers of color are often better able to engage students of color, 21 and students of color score higher on standardized tests when taught by teachers of color.22 By holding students of color to a set of high expectations, 23 providing culturally relevant teaching, confronting racism through teaching, and developing trusting relationships with their students, teachers of color can increase other educational outcomes for students of color, such as high school completion and college attendance.24

The other way schools are creating economic diversity is to redraw district boundaries so that more middle class students attend low - income schools.

With additional schools opening in other cities in the coming years, CWC is suceeding in building the first national school network committed to racial and socio - economic diversity.

Concerned educators can begin by contributing their insights and public support to the National Coalition on School Diversity (NCSD), a network of national civil rights organizations and others (my own organization is a member) advocating a greater commitment to racial and economic diversity in federal policy andDiversity (NCSD), a network of national civil rights organizations and others (my own organization is a member) advocating a greater commitment to racial and economic diversity in federal policy anddiversity in federal policy and funding.

In addition to providing effective and innovative educational practices, the schools are designed to foster student enrollment patterns that reflect racial, ethnic and economic diversity.

With 47 percent of its population connected to the military, Killeen Independent School District (KISD) in Texas has the unique challenge of educating students with a diversity of primary languages, a wide range of socio - economic levels and a high mobility rate.

That economic diversity is a core value of the school, Densen told Gambit in December in a broad article about the 4.0 Schools project, as he seeks to create a learning environment inclusive of all income levels that bridges the gap between New Orleans» often rigid segregation between tuition - based private schools and impoverished public sSchools project, as he seeks to create a learning environment inclusive of all income levels that bridges the gap between New Orleans» often rigid segregation between tuition - based private schools and impoverished public sschools and impoverished public schoolsschools.

American schools must find ways to respect the diversity and economic status among their students, and create an equal opportunity for all students.

Charter schools were also seen as hubs of diversity, attracting students of varied racial and economic backgrounds.

Our Guiding Principles: Woodlands School has six guiding principles: • Diversity: geographic, racial, cultural, socio - economic • Communication • Lifelong Learning • Integrated Learning • Excellence for Every Child • Discovery - based Learning