Sentences with phrase «encouraging white parents»

Initially a tool for desegregation efforts in the 1970s (i.e., by encouraging white parents to stay in urban districts), magnets have evolved to serve a wide variety of purposes and settings.

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His parents initially disbelieved him when he told them the missionaries were encouraging him to discern for the priesthood, because they were under the impression that only white Frenchmen could become priests!

And with trained professionals always ready to encourage participation and play, parents are free to enjoy Karisma's greatest luxuries, including gourmet cuisine, king - size Bali beach beds with butler service and the beautiful white sand beaches of Riviera Maya.

Convened by the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in partnership with CUNY's Asian American / Asian Research Institute and Hunter College, the event aims to raise awareness about harassment of Asian and Muslim Americans, encourage students, parents and advocates to report such incidents and discuss possible solutions, federal officials said.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — To highlight National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, which runs through Oct. 31, Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino encourages parents to take care to keep their homes lead - safe and to keep products that may contain lead away from their young children.

The return of many white, upper - middle - class, educated parents — and their young children — to city centers has caused some urban districts, like those in Philadelphia, Chicago, and Boston, to actively encourage these families to send their children to local district schools.

«Parents often have these skills and many parents already play a valuable role in governance - and will always be encouraged to serve on governing boards,» says the WhiteParents often have these skills and many parents already play a valuable role in governance - and will always be encouraged to serve on governing boards,» says the Whiteparents already play a valuable role in governance - and will always be encouraged to serve on governing boards,» says the White Paper.

If the power of solidarity is going to reclaim our schools, more affluent, predominantly white activists will need to develop an anti-racist understanding of the movement against standardized testing and the barriers that communities of color face to joining — including the very real fear from parents of color that their children's schools will be shut down if they don't encourage them to score well on the tests.

They «were designed to offer parents an alternative to traditional educational programmes with the goal of encouraging families, White families mostly, to allow their children to be bussed to schools, other than their neighbourhood school» (Andre - Bechely, 1359).

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Alienating parents utilize techniques similar to those employed by cult leaders, including withdrawing love, creating loyalty binds, cultivating dependency, repeating negative statements about the targeted parents, and encouraging black - or - white thinking.