Sentences with phrase «few students of color»

The few students of color would come back as well.

Marshall remarks, «It's challenging when there are so few students of color in programs so you don't really get a chance to shape with them the conversation about what kinds of things are possible in making art, but you constantly have to keep doing it with students who already have access to that kind of experience.»

W Magazine November 2008, Art Issue Robin Rhode Portrait by Peter Rigaud At art school in Johannesburg, South Africa, Robin Rhode was one of only a very few students of color.

Very few students of color there went to New York City public high schools.

How can you lead a high - level, authentic conversation that doesn't isolate, offend, or spotlight those few students of color, and that's inclusive of everyone?

«A year at Brown costs $ 34,000, and in addition there are very few students of color in computer science,» says James Wyche, associate provost at Brown University and head of a national project that partners the Ivy League schools and other elite universities with so - called historically black colleges and universities (HBCU).

RACE: Students in schools with high percentages of black and Hispanic students were almost four times as likely to be taught by a U-rated teacher as students in schools with far fewer students of color.

Not exact matches

Students Leaving School for Summer, Teachers Leaving for Good Huffington Post, June 26, 2012 «But as [Professor] Susan Moore Johnson at the Harvard Graduate School of Education states, it's also true that until a few decades ago, women and men of color were often closed out of other careers.»

From birth, many of students of color are faced with the reality that they have fewer opportunities to excel and also with people believing they can't achieve, she said.

In the past few years, educators and education advocates have put a robust focus on equitable access and representation in STEM fields for disadvantaged groups, such as girls or students of color.

During the first iteration of the work, these students were relegated to few spaces on campuses, and typically administrators and faculty of color were the only personnel who cared for or tended to these students.

While we celebrate these milestones, the number of students of color and low - income students who are admitted to and complete college are still too few.

• With few exceptions, students eligible for free and reduced - priced lunch and students of color in the cities were less likely than white students to enroll in high - scoring elementary and middle schools, take advanced math courses, and take a college entrance exam.

Description: A few white flowers, water, scissors, a measuring spoon, and food coloring can help students discover the wonders of osmosis.

We found that spending on teacher pensions is yet another way that states invest fewer resources into schools serving the highest concentrations of low - income students and students of color.

On average, the wealthiest districts educate fewer economically disadvantaged, students of color and English learners than the poorest districts.

With few exceptions, students eligible for free and reduced - price lunch and students of color in the 50 cities were less likely than more advantaged students to enroll in a high - scoring elementary and middle school, take advanced math classes in high school, and sit for the ACT / SAT.

Despite a few bright spots, the results paint a sobering picture of the state of urban public education today, especially for students from low - income households and students of color.

The administration and the House Appropriations Committee also proposed elimination or severe cuts, respectively, to the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program.45 Currently funded with more than $ 1 billion, this program provides enrichment opportunities in safe environments to more than 1.6 million students per year, 46 70 percent of whom are students of color.47 Much of this funding supports after - school programs, but 21st CCLC also funds before - school and summer programs.48 Research indicates that participation in 21st CCLC is linked to better attitudes toward school, higher rates of school attendance, fewer suspensions, and better performance in school, among other outcomes.49 In addition, many of these programs provide students with snacks or meals.50

«The ones that have a few more students of color get lower funding than the ones that are 100 percent or 95 percent white,» he told The Atlantic.

Schools that primarily serve low - income students of color often have poor curricular offerings, few extracurricular and enrichment activities, and too many inexperienced teachers.

We hope the courts will also understand the importance of the 20,000 DACA teachers in public K - 12 schools who bring a unique set of skills to the classroom and serve as role models and navigators for students — especially students of color — who consistently perform better when taught by teachers of color, leading to better attendance, fewer suspensions and higher test scores.

Similarly, in the quartile of schools with the most students of color, teachers are almost twice as likely to report severe dissatisfaction with their site leaders compared to teachers in schools with the fewest students of color.Sutcher, L., Darling - Hammond, L., and Carver - Thomas, D. (2016).

And because teacher salaries make up about 60 percent or so of the typical district's budget, these data demonstrate some fairly hefty gaps in spending between schools that serve more students of color and those that serve fewer such students.

Perhaps one of the few things most educators can agree on as a clear benefit of NCLB was the extent to which associated standardized assessment requirements highlighted massive opportunity gaps faced by students of color and students living in poverty.

Research over the past few decades has shown that these factors are more likely to impact groups often identified as the most vulnerable in our schools: students of color, students living in low - income household, students with disabilities and students with limited English speaking abilities.

The transiency can be attributed to a few main causes: At urban charters like Success, which frequently serve mostly low - income, underprepared students of color, teachers are expected to work considerably longer hours than is typical — sometimes as much as 80 or 90 hours a week.

Poor students and students of color get shifted to colleges and universities with worse graduation rates and fewer resources.

«Instead, what is increasingly a basic skill is only available to the lucky few, leaving most students behind, particularly students of color and girls.»

To name just a few examples: Castle Bridge Elementary PTA co-chairs Đào X. Trần and Elexis Loubriel - Pujols helped lead their school — which serves 72 percent students of color — in the successful opt - out revolt.

Connecticut faces a representation crisis in classrooms, with fewer than 10 percent of educators identifying as people of color while 45 percent of their students are children of color across the state.

A few days before my students begin working on their final draft crocodile templates, I assign a homework assignment, or an extra credit task, of bringing in green coloring pencils and markers.

In addition, when asked during the hearing if he would intervene as Assistant Secretary if Black students in a school district were receiving lower quality teachers, fewer books, fewer AP classes and fewer educational resources than White students, Mr. Marcus would not commit to addressing this clear violation of civil rights laws that prohibit districts from providing students of color with inferior resources.

A few days before my students begin working on their final draft tortoise templates, I assign a homework assignment, or an extra credit task, of bringing in green coloring pencils and markers.

Presently, incarceration disproportionately impacts people of color, and students of color disproportionately attend schools with fewer resources and less experienced teachers.

Fewer than 30 % of Colorado's graduates (and only a small percentage of them are low - income or students of color) are currently prepared for these jobs.

Students, their parents and other stakeholders can use the Learning Continuum's color - coded system to get a strong sense of overall academic performance and skill development in just a few seconds.

The only BASIS school in this report that enrolled significantly more students of color than the surrounding district was BASIS Chandler, and in this case it was because the majority of students were Asian; there were very few Black and Hispanic students in that population.

One of the few good things that the passage of the No Child Left behind law created was the annual tracking of deserving students (e.g. students of color and ELLs) to make sure that districts could not ignore these neglected communities.

If you caught our review a few months ago of the Jetbook K12, the new Jetbook color uses the exact same firmware to give you access to many of its modules that make it a must have for any student.

We have already heard quite a few rumors of Amazon readying at least 2 e-reader devices, with one being for the budget segment aimed at students while the other is touted to be touchscreen based along the lines of the Nook Color or the Kobo Touch.

We introduce students to painting through fundamentals — basic color theory, the behavior of pigment color, principles of composition, ways to make paintings appear flat versus ways to create three - dimensional illusions, paint handling, a little chemistry, and a few art - historical examples of artists (Édouard Manet, George Bellows, Alice Neel, Helen Frankenthaler) who handled paint particularly well.