Sentences with phrase «education inequities for»

Our approach is rooted in a set of core principles dedicated to ending education inequities for all students by accelerating the effectiveness of educators at all levels.

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If you're interested in becoming a better advocate for kids caught up in education inequity and are looking for some place to start, consider getting involved in Educational Equity Sunday.

The fact of the matter is that the Church should spend more time protesting the higher costs of insurance, the higher costs of higher education, the inequities in K - 12 education, demand that physical and mental abuses stop, and let GOD be the judge of a woman's right to care for her own body... On a theological note... where in the Apostle's Creed (summary of catholic doctrine) does it mention anything about contraception anyway?

A lower reimbursement rate for some providers would lead to chaos and inequity in the early childhood system by cutting funds from community based organizations that provide care and education for New York's children.

Addressing inequities, inefficiencies and substandard performance in our education system has eluded us for decades.

They say it could pay for legal services, help house the homeless and fund better education and end inequities in public schools

During a very public disgreement between the two men last year over funding for de Blasio's signature campaign initiative of pre-kindergarten education expansion, Cuomo said, pointedly, that de Blasio risked creating «more inequity and inequality.»

That report, which is entitled Taking New York Backwards: Pataki Commission's Tax Cuts Exacerbate Inequality and Favor the Wealthy, details the flawed budgeting and severe inequity of the recommendations, which fail to adequately address urgent needs in education funding, health care, infrastructure investments, and progressive tax relief for lower and middle - income families.

Though many subsequent reports may have failed to mention AQE by name, and the headlines focused heavily on Nixon's choice words for the governor, the message of education funding inequity was at part of the conversation and is a pillar of Nixon's campaign.

«Outstanding issues include under - investment in school technology infrastructure, significant inequities in allocation of Fair Student Funding dollars, disparities in gifted and talented education, resistance to training and support for new learning devices like tablets, inaction on liberalizing school space usage policy for community - based organizations, and poor community notification on significant changes to school utilization,» Adams said.

It is vital in sustainability education to give space for learners to develop their own visions for a sustainable future whilst reminding participants about the issues underpinning the need for change — climate change, peak oil, global inequity and the financial cost of fossil fuels.

Recently, several prominent national education organizations (including the NEA, AERA, AFT, and NCTE) have called for addressing equity in schools and society, specifically recommending that we need to highlight the «systemic patterns of inequity — racism and educational injustice — that impacts our students,» and that educators and school leaders «receive the tools, training, and support they need to build curricula with substantive exploration of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination.»

High stakes testing policies requiring students to pass standardized tests for promotion and graduation deepen educational inequity between whites and minorities and widen the educational gap between affluent and impoverished students, according to two studies of education reform in Texas.

inequities in early childhood and primary school education outcomes which have failed to equip Indigenous young people with prerequisite knowledge and skills for high school;

Since its founding in 1990, TFA — a nonprofit organization aimed at reducing education inequity by placing young graduates into low - income communities in the U.S. to teach for at least two years — has had its fair share of criticism in the media and education field, mostly for not providing proper training and turning people off from education careers.

Attitudes: support for diversity (racial integration), a perception of inequity (that the public schools provide a lower quality education for low - income and minority kids), support for voluntary prayer in the schools, support for greater parent influence, desire for smaller schools, belief in what I call the «public school ideology» (which measures a normative attachment to public schooling and its ideals), a belief in markets (that choice and competition are likely to make schools more effective), and a concern that moral values are poorly taught in the public schools.

She sees teaching the class as a chance to provide additional opportunities for HGSE students to focus on the significance of race and inequities in education and to consider the practice - based approaches that might work towards more just outcomes

Extensive inequities in education funding, by which students with the greatest needs receive the fewest funds, still prevail in many parts of the United States; for that reason, state courts continue to have a critical role in ensuring meaningful educational opportunities for all children.

The state ranks 45th out of the 50 states on the wealth - neutrality score, which indicates that inequities in state and local revenue for education are tied substantially to local property wealth.

Each faculty member admitted to taking away something different from the documentary — for instance Mapp was pleased to see a mostly positive portrayal of parents and their concern for their children's education; however, they all agreed with Mehta that the film missed the opportunity to more fully explore issues of inequity and poverty, as well as some long - standing problems within the teaching profession.

Although I agree with U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education Diane S. Ravitch's statement that «this has been 20 years of remarkable change» for women («National Groups Promise Steps To Combat Inequities for Girls,» Feb. 19, 1992), I can not agree with her assertion that gender - equity programs are no longer needed.

Nearly a year ago, the state supreme court declared in Claremont School District v. Governor that New Hampshire's method of using local property taxes to pay for education violated the state constitution because it allowed for finance inequities between districts.

One of the best ways to develop cultural literacy and help our students understand these goals is through social justice processes and projects, activities that develop a mindset of concern for our society's inequity in wealth, education, and privilege.

I was particularly interested to acquire solutions for education inequities most associated with Indigenous communities, with the intention to transfer these practices back to the Canadian context.

The Leadership Conference Education Fund poll found «an overwhelming sense of racial inequity in school funding,» with lack of funding for students of color seen as the biggest cause of racial disparities in education by both African American and Latino parents and Education Fund poll found «an overwhelming sense of racial inequity in school funding,» with lack of funding for students of color seen as the biggest cause of racial disparities in education by both African American and Latino parents and education by both African American and Latino parents and families.

«States and local districts will, as always, share the primary authority for delivering education, but the federal government must take more seriously its profoundly important responsibility to assist and encourage states and districts, and, if necessary, ameliorate resulting inequities,» the report stated.

These are facts I thought a task force charged with exploring the inequities of America's education system would be encouraged by, serving as an indication that the students the NAACP cares about most are being well - educated by the kind of schools the organization is so opposed to — they called for a moratorium on new charters last summer.I waited to speak for three hours before I had to leave.

Northwestern University's Simone Ispa - Landa, an education sociologist, has been named a 2018 William T. Grant Scholar for her work examining racial inequities in school discipline practices.

Michael Rebell: Extensive inequities in education funding, by which students with the greatest needs receive the fewest funds, still prevail in many parts of the United States; for that reason, state courts continue to have a critical role in ensuring meaningful educational opportunities for all children.

• Although a decentralized system of small, fiscally independent districts competing for residents once fostered investments in education, this system is now seen as producing serious funding inequities.

Despite the courts having played an integral role in serving as a check against states not acting in the interests of all students for nearly four decades, Sessions» campaign against judicial oversight of legislative actions prevented the judiciary from resolving inequities in the Alabama education system.54

And yet, the groupthink consensus that the business of education is «closing achievement gaps» has made it tough to talk honestly about the costs — for fear of being branded a racist or thought unconcerned with inequities.

Says Pittinsky, the most honest strategy for addressing academic inequities today is «an approach that involves not just giving adult family members a sense of security that the school is working for their children, but an «all hands on deck» sense of urgency — of just how important education is and how helpful and important it is for education to be reinforced at home by the most important adults in any particular child's life.

Many people believe the film promotes the privatization of public education and inflames a political climate in which teachers are unjustly disparaged and blamed for the effects of poverty and educational inequity.

Learning Exchanges catalyze individuals and teams to re-imagine how schools and communities can fully engage collective power for the benefit of children, youth, and families by reclaiming the purposes of education as academic, social - emotional, and civic; uniting the power of place and wisdom of local people; redefining professional learning as a hopeful process that engages the heart, mind, & spirit; and taking actions to eliminate inequity and injustice in schools and communities.

Our goal is not to merely produce structural change in the leaders» work, but rather to transform the culture of the entire organization to eliminate inequities within the education system and to get the best results for all students.

One of the greatest potential benefits of expanding the time and place for learning is the chance to experiment with the kinds of «out - of - the box» approaches to high school education which are sorely needed if we are to reach our goals for raising student achievement and eliminating inequities in achievement and graduation rates.

Nicol Howard's concern for certain inequities in education and her research projects have led to workshop and conference presentations (see below) and publications in educational journals, such as the EDUCAUSE Review and the Urban Educationeducation and her research projects have led to workshop and conference presentations (see below) and publications in educational journals, such as the EDUCAUSE Review and the Urban EducationEducation Journal.

Jeff was an Education Pioneers fellow and Broad Resident, and recognizes those programs for developing his leadership, shaping a supportive community and fueling his passion to end educational inequities.

However, the court could have taken this opportunity to remedy growing inequities that have resulted from the unwillingness of the state to pick up its share of the cost and provide excellent education for all students.

It includes plans to address the inequities by promoting teaching as a profession in high school clubs and vocational programs, while calling for better college teacher education programs to help prepare educators for low - income and high - minority schools.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said the findings are a wake - up call for educators at every level and called for a collective response to eliminate education inEducation Arne Duncan said the findings are a wake - up call for educators at every level and called for a collective response to eliminate education ineducation inequities.

PHILADELPHIA: In a column in the Philadelphia School Notebook, Ron Whitehorne, Director of Philadelphia Citizens Advocating for Public Schools (PCAPS), calls for sustainable community schools as a response to inequities in the city's education system.

Such inequities will undermine public support for the next round of education reform and must be addressed in the next legislative session.

«His education «reform» there resulted in massive inequities and civil rights violations for students.

«Over the past 20 years, charter schools have transformed the lives of millions of students, and although we continue to face challenges, like funding inequity and facilities issues, we have become the answer for families looking for a quality education for their children.»

«America has been battling inequity in education for decades but these data show that we can not let up,» said U.S. Education Secretary Arneducation for decades but these data show that we can not let up,» said U.S. Education Secretary ArnEducation Secretary Arne Duncan.

The Education Trust and 34 other organizations — including the NAACP and the National Association for College Admission Counseling — wrote a letter to several members of Congress in which they said the proposed act «exacerbates the increasing burden of student debt and continued inequity in higher education access and Education Trust and 34 other organizations — including the NAACP and the National Association for College Admission Counseling — wrote a letter to several members of Congress in which they said the proposed act «exacerbates the increasing burden of student debt and continued inequity in higher education access and education access and outcomes.

Her research focuses on issues of educational inequity related to urban contexts; race, class, and gender; disproportionate representation of students of color in special education; and issues of sexuality for students with disabilities.

Fortunately Act 51, which was recently signed into law, establishes a commission to study and make recommendations for an entirely new statewide funding formula that could solve many of the issues and inequities inherent in Pennsylvania's existing education finance system.