Sentences with phrase «ethnic minority students in»

Membership is open to anyone interested in working to address the educational needs of racial and ethnic minority students in our communities.

Students on the march (they are mostly students) will also demand action to increase the number of black and ethnic minority students in Oxford.

Not exact matches

In countries in the South, faced with the alliance between international capital, the comprador bourgeoisie and part of the middle class, the alternative consisted in using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etcIn countries in the South, faced with the alliance between international capital, the comprador bourgeoisie and part of the middle class, the alternative consisted in using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etcin the South, faced with the alliance between international capital, the comprador bourgeoisie and part of the middle class, the alternative consisted in using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etcin using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etc..

This study took place in 3 middle schools and 3 high schools in a large, urban US school district that serves predominantly low - income, racial / ethnic minority students.

Broadly speaking, Labour's gains were in places with ethnic minorities, social liberals, students, and graduates.

Conservative support was flat or falling in areas with large concentrations of ethnic minorities and students, and in the poorest parts of England and Wales.

Ms Turnely continued: «In the face of the government's campaign to broaden access to universities, elite public schools have actually increased the number of pupils they send to Oxbridge over the last five years, whilst ethnic minority students are twice as likely to attend modern universities than traditional universities.»

If Corbyn's appeal to young voters is mostly restricted to ethnic minorities and university students / graduates, that won't take him very far in Walsall North - especially with 8,000 Ukip voters from 2015 likely to lean towards the Tories.

If Corbyn's young support is concentrated among ethnic minorities and the university educated, that will only help him in certain marginals - most seats with lots of ethnic minorities, university students or metropolitan young professionals are already safely Labour.

Backed up by polling showing Labour streaking ahead in London, it's easy to see the basis of this trend, even if certain seat - specific results look odd - lots of ethnic minority voters, lots of young voters and students, lots of young professionals, and lots of angry Remainers make for lots of Labour votes.

Yet, says Ouali, in many European countries, universities «are not encouraged to develop specific policies to open the Ph.D. to ethnic minority students or the recruitment of staff.»

According to the EUA report, although nearly 80 % of European higher education institutions have a policy in place to support students with disabilities and 69 % to support socioeconomically disadvantaged students, less than one - quarter have specific policies for ethnic minority groups and immigrants.

A study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health found that female students, racial / ethnic minorities, and students of lower socioeconomic status are particularly affected, with teens in these categories less likely to report regularly getting seven or more hours of sleep each night compared with their male counterparts, non-Hispanic white teenagers, and students of higher socioeconomic status, respectively.

Werner - Washburne mentored undergraduate students in her laboratory through programs that encouraged underrepresented racial and / or ethnic minority students to pursue doctorates and through the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos / Hispanics and Native Americans in Science SACNAS.

Additionally, a workforce with a better representation of ethnic minorities will help attract more students from these groups in particular.

As a child of Jamaican origin growing up in the British city of Nottingham, Mark Richards experienced firsthand the disadvantages that can accrue to ethnic - minority students.

Racial and ethnic minority students make up the majority of students in public schools, especially in urban areas.

Achieving ethnic, racial, and gender parity in the science pipeline will require measures that help white and minority graduate students, and their mentors, better understand the world they each live in, the panelists said.

Schools, teacher quality and family income all play a large role in student success, but these factors do not fully explain the academic differences seen in the U.S. between whites and disadvantaged racial / ethnic minorities, including blacks and Hispanics.

In 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that ethnic minorities now make up more than half of U.S. babies, and minority student enrollment in public schools was greater than that of white studentIn 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that ethnic minorities now make up more than half of U.S. babies, and minority student enrollment in public schools was greater than that of white studentin public schools was greater than that of white students.

Demographic variables were year of graduation, sex (men vs women), age at graduation (≤ 29 years vs 30 - 32 or ≥ 33 years) and self - identified race / ethnicity, which students reported from a list of options on the GQ (categorized as white vs Asian / Pacific Islander; other or unknown race / ethnicity; or racial / ethnic groups considered underrepresented minorities in medicine relative to their numbers in the general population, including black, Hispanic, and American Indian / Alaska Native).

The first is the role - modeling hypothesis just described — minority students might benefit from seeing adults with a similar racial / ethnic background in a position of authority.

Students and teachers in East London have launched a «Curriculum Campaign» which calls on the government to ensure women and ethnic minorities are fairly represented on the UK's curriculum.

[6] And same - race teachers may be more able to link cultural contexts to learning in ways that could benefit racial and ethnic minority students.

The students in grades 2 through 6 in the district are predominantly white (73 percent), with a sizable ethnic minority (Latino students compose 21 percent of the elementary population); 48 percent of them receive a free or reduced - price lunch.

The UCAS report shows that for Black and Minority Ethnic applicants there has been a fall in applications by 9 %, on top of a decrease from prospective mature students by 16 %.

Schools are described as segregated if the proportion of ethnic minority pupils or students on free school meals is different to the proportion of pupils from the 10 nearest schools in the area

The different assessment style of Pisa appears to have the biggest impact on the performance of disadvantaged and ethnic minority students, and seems to explain the weaker results in London in comparison to the rest of the UK.

Students in the latter group are more likely than their peers to have lower family incomes and education levels, be members of ethnic minorities, or come from immigrant families.

The students in our study are urban, dominated by racial and ethnic minorities, and largely disadvantaged.

In particular, the results are most useful for understanding the effects of charter schools run by education - management organizations on student populations that comprise largely low - income and racial / ethnic minorities.

This adverse effect is especially pronounced in five areas: oversight of federal education law; enforcement of federal guarantees of educational equity; budget and tax policy; the rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy; and Trump's embrace of bigoted rhetoric and action that challenges the identities of students who are racial, ethnic, or religious minorities.

In 2008, 44 percent of students were from minority ethnic groups.

Since its inception in 1995, Center X has attracted racially and ethnically diverse candidates, and two - thirds of its current students are members of an ethnic minority.

In Hartford, 97 percent of students are members of racial or ethnic minority groups — in a state with a total minority student population of about 27 percent, said Thomas W. Murphy, a spokesperson for the Connecticut Department of EducatioIn Hartford, 97 percent of students are members of racial or ethnic minority groups — in a state with a total minority student population of about 27 percent, said Thomas W. Murphy, a spokesperson for the Connecticut Department of Educatioin a state with a total minority student population of about 27 percent, said Thomas W. Murphy, a spokesperson for the Connecticut Department of Education.

A significant factor Rastrick High School in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, has approximately 1400 students on its books with 40 per cent of those black or ethnic minority and 12 per cent currently on the Free School Meals programme.

Interested in ethnic identity as well the impact of out - of - school interventions on the academic achievement of minority students.

In this article, the authors examine the question of whether high - stakes tests will mitigate or exacerbate inequities between racial and ethnic minority students and White students, and between female and male stu - dents.

Students from some racial - and ethnic - minority groups and those from low - income families enroll in college and succeed there at lower rates than their white, wealthier peers.

States must include each major racial / ethnic subgroup in school accountability systems and can not use a combined «super subgroup» of minority students.

Those groups include racial and ethnic minorities and students who are from low - income families, speak limited English, or have disabilities — as long as enough students in each category meet minimum group sizes set by each...

In an area where the majority of pupils come from ethnic minority backgrounds, the school will provide 750 students with the opportunity to excel academically, and gain skills and experiences needed to make informed choices about their future.

For example, In all ‐ elementary districts, those with the highest ethnic minority status (25 ‐ 100 % ethnic minority students), regardless of poverty levels, have fewer library / media center specialists per 100 students than low ethnic minority status districts (0 ‐ 6 % ethnic minority students).

Zero percent to 10 percent of the student population in these schools were racial / ethnic minorities, and 6 to 13 percent were disadvantaged students as determined by the number receiving free or reduced - price lunches.

The best way to do this, in my view, is to support the educational opportunities of Hispanic, African - American, Asian, Muslim, of racial and ethnic minority children and youth and low income students and to systematically look for ways to help these our children and youth develop agency, and understanding of the political process and of the many opportunities to make democracy work in the acts of ordinary citizens, to discover and master the codes of political participation and power, to develop political efficacy.

Diversity is also held in high regard for the school as 25 % of the student body is comprised of international students while over 25 % of domestic students identify themselves as ethnic minorities.

In elementary schools with the highest ethnic minority populations, regardless of poverty levels, there are fewer libraries specialists per 100 students than low ethnic minority status.

The percentage of students in public schools who belong to a racial or ethnic minority group increased from 22 percent in 1972 to 43 percent in 2006, with a corresponding decrease from 78 percent to 57 percent in the percentage of white students enrolled (Planty et al., 2008).

But the literature contains many examples of schools serving substantial portions of economically disadvantaged students and ethnic minorities that have raised student achievement in reading and math while delivering a well - rounded curriculum that includes the arts (Petersen, 2007).

The No Child law, signed by President George W. Bush in 2002, requires testing in reading and math from grades 3 through 8 and once in high school, and reporting of scores for groups of students including racial and ethnic minorities.