Sentences with phrase «especially young black men»

And as Atlantic Monthly «s Conor Friedersdorf declared last month in a piece on police brutality, no conservative or liberal, much less a moral human being, can ignore the pressing need to seriously address the reality that there are police officers acting as thugs against people of all backgrounds — especially young black men and women — under the guise of enforcing the law.

The American Federation of Teachers also took action following the death of 25 - year - old Freddie Gray, forming a Racial Equity Task Force to outline how the union could move schools away from zero - tolerance policies, reform discipline practices, and create more supportive environments for youth, especially young black men.

This also means expanding opportunities for high - quality education — from greater access to Advanced Placement courses to the expansion of high - quality charter schools — so that children from poor and minority households, especially young black men and women who did the worst on NAEP this year (and have less access to college - preparatory courses in traditional districts) can succeed in school and in life.

After all, a school that is top - performing in general may not be the right fit for particular groups of children, especially young black men who, along with American Indian peers, suffer the most from the nation's education crisis.

But along with a similar initiative launched last year by the administration to expand educational opportunities for Native American kids (and slowly revamp the U.S. Bureau of Indian Education), the new effort does bring attention to the low educational achievement among young black children — especially young black men — and reinforces Obama's generally laudable record as School Reformer - in - Chief.

The district's failure to provide high - quality education to any of its children, especially young black men, is one reason why 14 of its schools are now under state receivership (and 14 more may end up in that status).

Not exact matches

Apparently few people were ready to take on such a controversial issue, especially since those tangled in the web of prosecution and incarceration seemed to be mostly young black men.

Even if we don't go out and shoot kids for fun, when we allow the images in the media to perpetuate the idea that young black men are violent, when our own speech (I don't want to talk about the conversation I had to have at lunch today) perpetuates an idea of black Americans as criminals, especially young black American men, we are accessories to murder.

Never did Silver acknowledge specifically why a group of young black men would be really, really opposed to that beyond simple political differences, especially in the wake of Charlottesville.

Alienating our communities — especially our young black and Latino men — is counterproductive to this fundamental goal.

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If our Westchester County Justice system can create an atmosphere with leaks that will create doubt on the victims that are in law enforcement, then any young man, especially, a young black man does not have a chance for any real transparency of the law in Westchester County.

Surrounded by the upper class, Chris has trouble feeling at home, especially when he learns that young black men have gone missing from the area for several years, and two of the parents» employees might be connected to these disappearances.

It has also not done well in closing achievement gaps, especially among young black and Latino men.

More importantly, families are recognizing that the «experts» really don't know what they are doing, that it is the very practices championed by traditionalists — from near - lifetime employment for teachers regardless of their ability to help kids succeed;, to the overuse of the overdiagnosis of learning disabilities (especially among young black men, whose reading deficiencies are often diagnosed as being special ed problems)-- are the underlying reason why schools fail to improve student achievement.

She had the same dreams for me, but she clearly understood that although talent is equally distributed opportunity is not, especially for young Black men.

The gains are especially impressive among young black men, 42.3 percent of whom enroll in college as opposed to 31 percent of their peers in the control group.

It is the work of experts that has led to such practices as the overuse of suspensions and expulsions, and the overdiagnosis of learning disabilities (especially among young black men, whose reading deficiencies are often diagnosed as being special ed problems).

Racial discrimination and profiling continue to be huge barriers, especially for young Black men,» Ms. Hall says.