Sentences with phrase «eliminate education inequities»

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 inequities.

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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.

We are dedicated to eliminating the severe racial inequities that continue to plague our education system.

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.

And we can not do it and remain true to the values of equality and justice that have marked our path since Brown v. Board of Education set out to eliminate the deep inequities within our educatioEducation set out to eliminate the deep inequities within our educationeducation system.

Given how much educational inequity is linked to factors outside the education system, such as growing income inequality and housing segregation, it may be asking too much of schools to expect them to single - handedly eliminate the effects of these inequities.