Sentences with phrase «educational equity in»

The information from the CRDC is used by OCR as background and context for investigations into complaints of discrimination, and is also used by other offices in US ED, other federal agencies, lawmakers, and various members of the public who are interested in understanding more about the state of educational equity in the nation's schools.

Sharing the group's recommendations with the rest of the participants was Dr. Kent McGuire, President of the Southern Education Foundation, a nearly 150 year old organization that advocates for educational equity in the South.

First and foremost, the Office Manager must embrace the RISE mission to educate, engage and empower low - income families and families of color to RISE as change agents for educational equity in our public school system.

In Erik Clemons case we learn from the Zoom Foundation — The ZOOM Foundation's new Prize for Parent Organizing supports nonprofit organizations inspired by the potential of parent power to contribute to the achievement of educational equity in Connecticut.

Evan Gutierrez is a school administrator, pedagogy nerd and advocate for educational equity in the Latino community.

RISE Colorado is a multi-racial, multi-lingual non-profit that works to educate, engage, and empower low - income families and families of color to RISE as change agents for educational equity in our public school system.

When the ballots were finally tallied in the early morning hours on Wednesday, those of us who work for educational equity in California's public schools had reason to celebrate.

As part of a larger movement towards educational equity in California, we need each school, each community, and each organization to help get parents and supporters involved.

Her leadership task is to foster collective efficacy in her group, using the tools of cultural proficiency, for the period of time necessary for that group to stand on its own feet in effectively pursuing and implementing educational equity in its school or institution.

When the ballots were finally tallied in the early morning hours on Wednesday, those of us who work for educational equity in California's public schools...

On February 25th, we heard from voices around Mississippi on the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and its implications for issues of educational equity in the state.

Jason brought an understanding of — and passion for — what it takes both to increase the opportunity for educational equity in the Bay Area, and to build Teach For America - Bay Area into a strong, self - sustaining organization.

A: ANet is an organization dedicated to increasing educational equity in America.

Like so many of ConnCAN's supporters, I have deeply appreciated Jen's leadership and tremendous contribution to the cause of educational equity in our state, and I wanted to take this opportunity to thank her for her service and congratulate her on all that she and ConnCAN's staff and broader family of advocates and allies have accomplished during her tenure.

PowerMyLearning in Greater Atlanta improves educational equity in underserved schools by leveraging technology and STEM learning.

«I think our multi-year plan will continue to help contribute to student learning and educational equity in the state.»

These tests form the foundation of how we achieve educational equity in New York.

The effort will have lasting impact for educational equity in Los Angeles.»

Later this year, she is launching a blog entitled where she will shed light on all things educational equity in hopes to push educators into 21st century discipline practices; ultimately destroying the school - to - prison pipeline.

RISE Colorado works to Educate, Engage, and Empower low - income families and families of color to RISE as change agents for educational equity in our public school system.

RISE Colorado's mission is to educate, engage, and empower low - income families and families of color to RISE as change agents for educational equity in our public school system.

It has been 20 years since I completed my doctoral research on educational equity in public schools.

Given the size and scope of the problem, what steps can be taken to promote educational equity in college attendance?

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• Pearson, a U.K. - based educational materials provider, is in talks with a consortium of Asian private equity houses to sell its English - language school unit for more than $ 350 million, according to the Financial Times.

Three or four years ago we decided to shift the focus of our equity efforts in Massachusetts: instead of emphasizing access to educational opportunities we emphasize the effectiveness of the education provided to minority students.

His interest in educational equity has motivated his work as a tutor / mentor and coordinator for Barrio Assistance, which offers weekly academic support for youth from the East Palo Alto community.

A reader hoping for an in - depth analysis of inequalities in the American educational system and promising approaches towards school reform would likely be better off picking up a copy of Linda Darling - Hammond's book, The Flat World and Education: How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future.

I am fighting for true equality for all; for equal pay and fair treatment at work, expanded voting rights, educational equity, criminal justice reform, freedom from gun violence in our schools and on our streets, and health care for all Americans.

The Center for Children's Initiatives and the Campaign for Educational Equity have unveiled a statewide plan that offers a financial strategy that recognizes pre-K as an essential educational service, while providing a plan to phase in pre-K to the state's 3 - and 4 - year - olds over the next eight years.

«Sadly Governor Cuomo's budget abandons the state's Campaign for Fiscal Equity commitment despite real and measurable progress in closing the gaps in educational opportunity.»

«The way to show he supports educational equity with more than fine words in a long speech is to fund Foundation Aid,» said Jasmine Gripper, legislative director of the Alliance for Quality Education, a group that fights for school funding.

«Every year Governor Cuomo has been in office, Black and Brown parents and parents in high needs communities have joined with AQE to demand educational equity, and every year he has ignored them.

He also said «If there are extra resources in the state budget, we must remember that the State Court of Appeals ruled — in the landmark Campaign for Fiscal Equity decision several years ago - that the children of this city deserve billions more in educational resources, and now is the time to provide it.»

«We will not stop working until the bright light of opportunity shines on all New Yorkers,» Cuomo said, emphasizing also the need for economic equity in the educational system, racial and economic justice in the judicial system and voter empowerment in the electoral system.

WHEREAS Wall Street financier and private equity fund manager Steven Klinsky is the founder of Victory Education Partners, Inc., a privately held, for - profit educational management company that manages charter schools in New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois; and

Even though I've been out of the biomedical research lab for 7 years, I still regularly use many of these skills in my work running educational programs geared toward improving equity and inclusion in the sciences, as well as connecting scientific research with the public.

In a classroom where students are doing the majority of the talking, where they are engaged with each other in rich, structured conversations and where they use academic vocabulary to support their ideas with evidence, I know two things are happening: Students are experiencing deeper learning, and this classroom is a step closer to ensuring educational equitIn a classroom where students are doing the majority of the talking, where they are engaged with each other in rich, structured conversations and where they use academic vocabulary to support their ideas with evidence, I know two things are happening: Students are experiencing deeper learning, and this classroom is a step closer to ensuring educational equitin rich, structured conversations and where they use academic vocabulary to support their ideas with evidence, I know two things are happening: Students are experiencing deeper learning, and this classroom is a step closer to ensuring educational equity.

January 7, 2016 — When Congress, as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, called upon the U.S. Office of Education to commission a national survey of educational opportunity in the United States, its primary goal was to advance racial equity in education.

Two conclusions from recent PISA studies are that increased national performance is associated with greater equity in the distribution of educational resources and that equity can be undermined when school choice segregates students into schools based on socioeconomic background.

However, real reform and significant progress in improving the quality and equity of Australian schooling depend on tackling our deepest and most stubborn educational challenges.

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.»

If we aspire to educational equity for our students, we need to start with the decisions made in central offices, and by site leaders, that impact the learning of all educators in our schools.

In an urban context, such as the one I work in, aligning resources toward deeper learning is an imperative: Deeper learning significantly contributes to educational equitIn an urban context, such as the one I work in, aligning resources toward deeper learning is an imperative: Deeper learning significantly contributes to educational equitin, aligning resources toward deeper learning is an imperative: Deeper learning significantly contributes to educational equity.

«A greater national focus on the criticality of educational equity is needed in order to mobilize the masses and invite everyone to be a part of the...

A former professor at Pennsylvania State University in University Park, he is a scholar in institutional culture, educational equity, and historically black colleges.

Today more than 9,000 Teach For America corps members are in the midst of two - year teaching commitments in 43 regions across the country, reaching over 600,000 students, and nearly 24,000 alumni are working inside and outside the field of education to continue the effort to ensure educational excellence and equity.

«Our contributors inspire different roles for families in the quest for educational equity: from «parenting for high achievement» to participating in program evaluations; from interacting with children in informal and formal learning spaces to sustained advocacy in social and educational policy.»

And in so doing, it could do more than just solve the problem of equity to high - quality educational opportunities in the state, it also creates a mechanism for competency - based learning, establishes a strong grounding for what online learning and blended learning are, and eliminates the outmoded geographic barriers that prevent students from being able to access high - quality learning opportunities no matter where they originate in the state.

«It's vital to understand that promoting educational equity necessitates family engagement, both in school and out of school,» she says.

The status quo is a powerful player to be reckoned with in the struggle for educational equity.